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Sendmail Hit by Data Interception Flaw

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bumps-in-the-night dept.

ricepudd writes "Computer Weekly reports that Internet security researchers have discovered a serious flaw in Sendmail. The flaw could allow remote attackers to take control of users' PCs. The Sendmail Consortium urged users to upgrade to version 8.13.6 of the software, which contains a fix to the problem. Computer Weekly seems to think that the fact that the Windows version isn't affected will help curtail the threat."

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  1. Reality check: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ah, the WINDOWS version is NOT affected! How ironic!

    1. Re:Reality check: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      it's safer running the windows version of something?

      truly, it is the end times

  2. Ah! by O'Laochdha · · Score: 4, Funny

    So the FBI was wiser than we thought in withholding e-mail accounts...

  3. Re:can someone explain... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    You want a serious answer or a highly critical one?

  4. Re:My PC? by Dionysus · · Score: 3, Funny

    What do you think the spammers use on their zombie boxes? Code they wrote themselves?

    Why would a spammer need a smtp server on a zombie box? Don't zombie boxes just send email?

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  5. Re:My PC? by techno-vampire · · Score: 4, Funny
    Why would a spammer need a smtp server on a zombie box? Don't zombie boxes just send email?

    And what protocol do they use to send it? SMTP, of course.

    This has been another D'oh! moment.

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  6. IE and sendmail flaws on the same day? by MadFarmAnimalz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Coincidence? I think not...

    Shared codebase? Hmm?

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  7. Re:Flaw seems unexploited by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    the hardest part of the process was making sure that I'd be awake at 8:00 AM (PST).

    Commie.

  8. Google logic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Results 1 - 10 of about 119,000 for yo mama exploit. (0.23 seconds)

    Does that mean she's twice as secure as the leading mail transport agents?

  9. didn't think I'd ever say this to an OS dev by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    the hardest part of the process was making sure that I'd be awake at 8:00 AM (PST).

    Try man at. :)