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Gentoo update for sendmail
Secunia Advisory: SA20684
Release Date: 2006-06-16
Popularity: 5,587 views

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

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-1173


Description:
Gentoo 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

Solution:
Update to version "mail-mta/sendmail-8.13.6-r1" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-19.xml

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


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