[4967] in RedHat Linux List
Re: SECURITY: Important fix for sendmail
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Timo Karjalainen)
Mon Nov 18 11:37:30 1996
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 18:31:52 +0200 (EET)
From: Timo Karjalainen <wizzo@pc164103.oulu.fi>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.961118181756.792E-100000@main.sorosis.ro>
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On Mon, 18 Nov 1996, Cristian Gafton wrote:
> >
> > --- sendmail-8.7.6/src/main.c.moron Mon Nov 18 09:43:47 1996
> > +++ sendmail-8.7.6/src/main.c Mon Nov 18 09:44:03 1996
> > @@ -1697,6 +1697,8 @@
> > syslog(LOG_INFO, "restarting %s on signal", SaveArgv[0]);
> > #endif
> > releasesignal(SIGHUP);
> > + (void) setgid(RealGid);
> > + (void) setuid(RealUid);
> > execv(SaveArgv[0], (ARGV_T) SaveArgv);
> > #ifdef LOG
> > if (LogLevel > 0)
>
> This one is also included on my packages available from
>
> ftp://ftp.sorosis.ro/pub/linux/local/fixes/
> or
> ftp://sysadm.sorosis.ro/pub/fixes/
>
> I have produced patched 8.8.2 packages, and I intend to build 8.8.3
> packages (8.8.3 includes the official fix for this bug). Anyone using my
> packages have any problems so far from migrating to sendmail 8.8 from
> 8.7 ?
Well... I already made the 8.8.3 rpm's. Grab 'em from ftp.redhat.com's
incoming directory..
-Timo-
wizzo@pc164103.oulu.fi
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