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                  [8lgm]-Advisory-16.UNIX.sendmail-6-Dec-1994.UPDATE


PROGRAM:

        sendmail(8)

UPDATE:

        After further investigation, it has been discovered that SVR4 based
        ports include sendmail(8) based on SMI code.  This code therefore
        is affected by the problem discussed in:

        [8lgm]-Advisory-16.UNIX.sendmail-6-Dec-1994

        Any systems running SMI sendmail(8) should follow advice given in
        this advisory, and remove any set bits on sendmail(8).

        To give more time to administrators to fix this problem, and due
        to other problems being published this week, the exploit script
        will now be posted at 00:00GMT on Monday 6th February 1995.

        To retrieve these details, send a mail containing the line:

                send [8lgm]-Advisory-16.UNIX.sendmail-6-Dec-1994-EXPLOIT

        to 8lgm-fileserver@bagpuss.demon.co.uk.  Requests for the script
        to be sent before this date will be directed to /dev/null.

FIX:

        We recommend that security conscious sites upgrade immediately
        to UCB Sendmail 8.6.9, as Suns sendmail is generally recognised
        as being broken.  Your options are:

        1. Obtain patch from your vendor.

        2. Build and install sendmail 8.6.9, available from:
           ftp.cs.berkeley.edu:/ucb/sendmail/sendmail.8.6.9.*

        3. Remove set bits from any SMI sendmail(8) binaries.

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