On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Tony Wicks wrote: > Here is another question, would installing the official Redhat packages > on a CentOS machine ? I'm thinking it shouldn't be an issue. The CentOS packages have been released. Lance > > Tony Wicks wrote: > > HI guys, If the rpm for this could be produced as soon as humanly > > possible it would be appreciates ! thanks guys - > > > > Synopsis > > Critical: sendmail security update > > > > Issued: 3/22/06 > > Updated: 3/22/06 > > Topic > > Updated sendmail packages to fix a security issue are now available for Red > > Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4. > > > > This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red > > Hat Security Response Team. > > Description > > Sendmail is a Mail Transport Agent (MTA) used to send mail between > > machines. > > > > A flaw in the handling of asynchronous signals was discovered in Sendmail. > > A remote attacker may be able to exploit a race condition to execute > > arbitrary code as root. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project > > assigned the name CVE-2006-0058 to this issue. > > > > By default on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4, Sendmail is configured to > > only accept connections from the local host. Therefore, only users who have > > configured Sendmail to listen to remote hosts would be able to be remotely > > exploited by this vulnerability. > > > > Users of Sendmail are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which > > contain a backported patch from the Sendmail team to correct this issue. > > Solution > > Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata > > relevant to your system have been applied. > > > > This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, > > launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: > > > > up2date > > > > This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate > > RPMs being upgraded on your system. > > Affected Channels > > Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3 for AMD64/Intel EM64T) > > Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3 for Itanium) > > Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3 for x86) > > Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 for 32-bit x86) > > Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 for 64-bit Intel Itanium) > > Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 for AMD64/Intel EM64T) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS-mirror mailing list > > CentOS-mirror at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-mirror > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-mirror mailing list > CentOS-mirror at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-mirror > -- uklinux.net - The ISP of choice for the discerning Linux user.