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Sun Solaris Sendmail DNS TXT Records Buffer Overflow
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA13436
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Release Date:
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2004-12-14
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Popularity:
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9,466 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Sun Solaris 9
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2002-0906
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Description:
An old vulnerability has been reported in sendmail included in Solaris 9, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when processing DNS responses. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow by returning a specially crafted DNS response.
Successful exploitation requires that sendmail has been configured to use a custom DNS map to query TXT records.
Solution:
Apply patch.
-- SPARC Platform --
Solaris 9:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-113575-01-1
Provided and/or discovered by:
Originally discovered by:
* Joost Pol
* Anton Rang, Sun Microsystems.
Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57696-1
Other References:
US-CERT VU#814627:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/814627
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