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FreeBSD Users: Time To Patch Sendmail Again

Posted by timothy on from the and-not-just-only-them dept.

Barrett Lyon writes "The FreeBSD Project just submitted this security advisory out to the masses: "FreeBSD-SA-03:07.sendmail, a second sendmail header parsing buffer overflow." It seems that the overflow is not limited to FreeBSD and that there is currently no workaround "other than not using sendmail." Yet another good reason to run Qmail!"

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  1. This is the SAME HOLE as yesterday's story by dhunley · · Score: 2, Funny

    Doesn't anyone on the /. team read before posting? This is the same hole that made the front page yesterday concerning the char to int conversion. Just cause one of the BSDs finally acknowleged the issue, it deserves *another* front page story? Jeez... upgrade to sendmail 8.12.9 and get on w/ your life...

  2. Re:Why? by RLiegh · · Score: 3, Funny

    And yet FreeBSD can run Linux apps under Linux emulation faster than Linux can. I find that pretty funny.

    I'll be amused when OpenBSD can run Linux apps in FreeBSD compatibility mode faster than FreeBSD can.