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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-128

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-128
Posted Mar 30, 2015
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-128 - Sendmail before 8.14.9 does not properly closing file descriptors before executing programs. This bug could enable local users to interfere with an open SMTP connection if they can execute their own program for mail delivery.

tags | advisory, local
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2014-3956
SHA-256 | cb9739113128522a737faf859a00100344d4478aa8f5695a3ca0946630baede8

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-128

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2015:128
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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Package : sendmail
Date : March 29, 2015
Affected: Business Server 2.0
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Problem Description:

Updated sendmail packages fix security vulnerability:

Sendmail before 8.14.9 does not properly closing file descriptors
before executing programs. This bug could enable local users to
interfere with an open SMTP connection if they can execute their own
program for mail delivery (e.g., via procmail or the prog mailer)
(CVE-2014-3956).
_______________________________________________________________________

References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3956
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0270.html
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Business Server 2/X86_64:
951192a12154605913dcaacd6c76ef1c mbs2/x86_64/sendmail-8.14.7-4.1.mbs2.x86_64.rpm
7c228200cd2e737223125bb0d3df2682 mbs2/x86_64/sendmail-cf-8.14.7-4.1.mbs2.x86_64.rpm
c72ba7453fb84ff88ed75cd294d5fb57 mbs2/x86_64/sendmail-devel-8.14.7-4.1.mbs2.x86_64.rpm
2c22348bf6b9b60eb8017e6c75f1de4d mbs2/x86_64/sendmail-doc-8.14.7-4.1.mbs2.x86_64.rpm
9a0b0054ffb6e8aeb6723d2f247e816f mbs2/SRPMS/sendmail-8.14.7-4.1.mbs2.src.rpm
_______________________________________________________________________

To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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