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Red Hat update for sendmail
Secunia Advisory: SA20641
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Release Date: 2006-06-15
Popularity: 6,916 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium
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CVE reference:CVE-2006-1173
Description:
Red Hat has issued an update for sendmail. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA15779

NOTE: By default on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, sendmail is configured to only accept connections from localhost.

Solution:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com/

Original Advisory:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0515.html

Other References:
SA15779:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15779/

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