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Date:      Tue, 4 Jun 2002 10:51:04 -0700
From:      Gregory Neil Shapiro <gshapiro@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Security fixes in Sendmail 8.12.4
Message-ID:  <15612.65032.569720.821128@horsey.gshapiro.net>
In-Reply-To: <15612.64901.18897.489322@horsey.gshapiro.net>
References:  <20020604195354.M27608@wu-wien.ac.at> <15612.64901.18897.489322@horsey.gshapiro.net>

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matuska> Will the Sendmail security fixes introduced in Sendmail 8.12.4
matuska> (file locking) be included in 4.6-RELEASE or in the coming bugfix
matuska> branch RELENG_4_6 first?

gshapiro> They already are via changes to /etc/mail/Makefile and
gshapiro> installworld.

I should note however that sendmail is one of many programs that can be
DoS'ed via locking.  I'd encourage the security officer to sweep through
the tree looking for this type of problem.

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