[1221] in bugtraq
sendmail 8.6.10 -> 8.6.11 changes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher Samuel)
Fri Mar 10 08:31:28 1995
To: bugtraq@fc.net
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 10:47:46 +0000
From: Christopher Samuel <chris@rivers.dra.hmg.gb>
From the horses mouth (the patch file):
+ 8.6.11/8.6.11 95/03/08
+ The ``possible attack'' message would be logged more often
+ than necessary if you are using Pine as a user agent.
+ The wrong host would be reported in the ``possible attack''
+ message when attempted from IDENT.
+ In some cases the syslog buffer could be overflowed when
+ reporting the ``possible attack'' message. This can
+ cause denial of service attacks. Truncate the message
+ to 80 characters to prevent this problem.
+ When reading the IDENT response a loop is needed around the
+ read from the network to ensure that you don't get
+ partial lines.
+ Password entries without any shell listed (that is, a null
+ shell) wouldn't match as "ok". Problem noted by
+ Rob McMahon.
+ When running BIND 4.9.x a problem could occur because the
+ _res.options field is initialized differently than it
+ was historically -- this requires that sendmail call
+ res_init before it tweaks any bits.
+ Fix an incompatibility in openxscript() between the file open mode
+ and the stdio mode passed to fdopen. This caused UnixWare
+ 2.0 to have conniptions. Fix from Martin Sohnius of
+ Novell Labs Europe.
+ Fix problem with static linking of local getopt routine when
+ using GNU's ld command. Fix from John Kennedy of
+ Cal State Chico.
+ It was possible to turn off privacy flags. Problem noted by
+ *Hobbit*.
+ Be more paranoid about writing files. Suggestions by *Hobbit*
+ and Liudvikas Bukys.
+ MAKEMAP: fixes for 64 bit machines (DEC Alphas in particular)
+ from Spider Boardman.
+ CONFIG: No changes (version number only, to keep it in sync
+ with the binaries).
