MDKSA-2002:083 - Updated sendmail packages fix smrsh insecurities

From: Mandrake Linux Security Team (security@linux-mandrake.com)
Date: Thu Nov 28 2002 - 08:40:53 PST

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                    Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory
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    Package name:           sendmail
    Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2002:083
    Date:                   November 28th, 2002
    
    Affected versions:      7.2, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Problem Description:
    
     A vulnerability was discovered by zen-parse and Pedram Amini in the
     sendmail MTA.  They found two ways to exploit smrsh, an application
     intended as a replacement for the sh shell for use with sendmail; the
     first by inserting specially formatted commands in the ~/.forward file
     and secondly by calling smrsh directly with special options.  These
     can be exploited to give users with no shell account, or those not
     permitted to execute certain programs or commands, the ability to bypass
     these restrictions.
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    References:
      
      http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-1165
      http://www.sendmail.org/smrsh.adv.txt
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Updated Packages:
      
     Linux-Mandrake 7.2:
     373baebe4bf8d56ae77d31dd5872d6e7  7.2/RPMS/sendmail-8.11.0-4.1mdk.i586.rpm
     328d1a48083475ba4566ebf7f605379a  7.2/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.11.0-4.1mdk.i586.rpm
     b8104a384b4916382303e88f993bf601  7.2/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.11.0-4.1mdk.i586.rpm
     062d0bbffd21832a531b868d2fa41d59  7.2/SRPMS/sendmail-8.11.0-4.1mdk.src.rpm
    
     Mandrake Linux 8.0:
     44400515a2cd48fdb030f002129e44f2  8.0/RPMS/sendmail-8.11.6-4.1mdk.i586.rpm
     ab9b0888d6f2f281564c40f0f6b4a186  8.0/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.11.6-4.1mdk.i586.rpm
     4a346d684eab9e865151b5de8f84ba6b  8.0/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.11.6-4.1mdk.i586.rpm
     45d7f0338210e7c54cc50ffe072590d9  8.0/SRPMS/sendmail-8.11.6-4.1mdk.src.rpm
    
     Mandrake Linux 8.0/PPC:
     99532bf656576f62e45c3dfdc5be474a  ppc/8.0/RPMS/sendmail-8.11.6-4.1mdk.ppc.rpm
     59fd9c40bc0b27385af09daf9f4cc6b5  ppc/8.0/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.11.6-4.1mdk.ppc.rpm
     08bef5d3919ef9cb6d5dd0ee8494d704  ppc/8.0/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.11.6-4.1mdk.ppc.rpm
     45d7f0338210e7c54cc50ffe072590d9  ppc/8.0/SRPMS/sendmail-8.11.6-4.1mdk.src.rpm
    
     Mandrake Linux 8.1:
     72d5fb602ca22193c5c28cc62197e9dd  8.1/RPMS/sendmail-8.11.6-4.2mdk.i586.rpm
     ea799b5908a1eef6c9f8e1f0b16ed772  8.1/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.11.6-4.2mdk.i586.rpm
     214dbb9389fd13582bf5dae052c48331  8.1/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.11.6-4.2mdk.i586.rpm
     8abbf26622672b0e73b2b88d86dfe650  8.1/SRPMS/sendmail-8.11.6-4.2mdk.src.rpm
    
     Mandrake Linux 8.1/IA64:
     524ec0344463d29e037fff6808b4ba1c  ia64/8.1/RPMS/sendmail-8.11.6-4.2mdk.ia64.rpm
     73b3f7032c4f954b060e4887aef9f43a  ia64/8.1/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.11.6-4.2mdk.ia64.rpm
     bf1f08248bc48a76443c62287881b9f7  ia64/8.1/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.11.6-4.2mdk.ia64.rpm
     8abbf26622672b0e73b2b88d86dfe650  ia64/8.1/SRPMS/sendmail-8.11.6-4.2mdk.src.rpm
    
     Mandrake Linux 8.2:
     4150783a9dfb364817ce4048e004e92c  8.2/RPMS/sendmail-8.12.1-4.1mdk.i586.rpm
     bd7029024fbd55f6508223cb0bfa0a74  8.2/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.12.1-4.1mdk.i586.rpm
     cd047fd5b8f64a556b2da3f12823eb42  8.2/RPMS/sendmail-devel-8.12.1-4.1mdk.i586.rpm
     bb56c8f75431147782195b19250db4df  8.2/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.12.1-4.1mdk.i586.rpm
     76e444b6d3862f4be1b20328bc19c390  8.2/SRPMS/sendmail-8.12.1-4.1mdk.src.rpm
    
     Mandrake Linux 8.2/PPC:
     5626e5e5299593c6afc8ff96606dfb4a  ppc/8.2/RPMS/sendmail-8.12.1-4.1mdk.ppc.rpm
     7a3d53c2a7a6ee42b9929ce9b031dfbd  ppc/8.2/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.12.1-4.1mdk.ppc.rpm
     5bf01019cfa58df45f599d8210265156  ppc/8.2/RPMS/sendmail-devel-8.12.1-4.1mdk.ppc.rpm
     f52c06a9882b86b3ebc52b73b007c688  ppc/8.2/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.12.1-4.1mdk.ppc.rpm
     76e444b6d3862f4be1b20328bc19c390  ppc/8.2/SRPMS/sendmail-8.12.1-4.1mdk.src.rpm
    
     Mandrake Linux 9.0:
     5d44e83d0cad39834c1ecabd14ef5c16  9.0/RPMS/sendmail-8.12.6-3.1mdk.i586.rpm
     7f7e2b853097b89251036c8012a2d58d  9.0/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.12.6-3.1mdk.i586.rpm
     2bf0aeef41aa773519d8f1321d83113d  9.0/RPMS/sendmail-devel-8.12.6-3.1mdk.i586.rpm
     4c37e6cd851f8d7da9fd00fa7bdb4e7c  9.0/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.12.6-3.1mdk.i586.rpm
     aa578b1af8958a33dd2a8ae6b6bf5cd5  9.0/SRPMS/sendmail-8.12.6-3.1mdk.src.rpm
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information):
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