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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. Of course by leviramsey · · Score: 0, Troll

    If you want to use an MTA that you can feel good about using, switch to Postfix, which is:

    • Truly Free Software
    • Secure
    • Not run by an asshole

    Of those three, qmail only fulfills one.

    Postfix: the ethical choice!

  2. How long by isorox · · Score: 0, Troll

    How old is sendmail? And yet not a month goes by without a bug being found

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