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[ MDVSA-2015:128 ] sendmail


From: security () mandriva com
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 12:47:00 +0200

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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).
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 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
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 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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