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Sendmail Long Header Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA21637
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Release Date:
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2006-08-28
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Last Update:
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2006-08-29
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Popularity:
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14,141 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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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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| Software: | Sendmail 8.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-4434
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sendmail, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing very long header lines and can be exploited to cause a DoS by sending a specially crafted email.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 8.13.7. Prior versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 8.13.8.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Moritz Jodeit
Changelog:
2006-08-29: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html
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