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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. Sendmail - now in its third decade of exploits by Animats · · Score: 0, Troll
    Google: Results 1 - 10 of about 613,000 for sendmail exploit.

    I mean, really. People have been struggling with Sendmail exploits since the 1980s. Dump the turkey. And pull it from every Linux distro. It's time to kill this thing off.

  2. Re:Who the hell still uses sendmail? by Neo-Rio-101 · · Score: 0, Troll

    You're just upset because you spent a great deal of time learning its configuration by heart only to find out there are now better programs. That has nothing to do with the fact that Sendmail actually does suck compared to other MTAs. If that hurts your feelings, tough break... *shrug*

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