Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 13:24:24 -0800
From: SGI Security Coordinator <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]Subject: sendmail 8.9.3 for IRIX 6.5.7
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SGI Security Advisory
Title: sendmail 8.9.3 for IRIX 6.5.7
Number: 20000302-01-P3865
Date: March 22, 2000
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- ---- Update ---
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As part of on going security efforts, SGI has released sendmail 8.9.3
as patch 3865 for IRIX 6.5.7 release streams.
This new patch provides an SGI port of the sendmail 8.9.3 distribution
for IRIX 6.5.7 with SGI sendmail modifications open-sourced.
Both source code for sendmail 8.9.3 and the SGI modifications to extend
sendmail capabilities on SGI systems are included with patch 3865.
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- --- Issue Specifics ---
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The sendmail distribution from http://www.sendmail.org/ provides
a means to deliver and receive network mail.
Older versions of sendmail were vulnerable to several mail relay
vulnerabilities which allowed it to relay unsolicited email such as SPAM.
sendmail 8.9.3 includes improved anti-spam and anti-relay capabilities
to minimize this issue.
SGI has investigated the issue and recommends the following steps for
neutralizing the exposure. It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that these measures
be implemented on ALL vulnerable SGI systems.
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- --- Impact ---
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sendmail is installed by default on all releases of IRIX.
A local user account is not needed to exploit the sendmail's
mail relay capabilities to relay unsolicited mail such as SPAM.
These vulnerabilities has been publicly discussed in Usenet newsgroups
and mailing lists.
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- --- Temporary Solution ---
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There are no current plans to release a sendmail 8.9.3 patch for older
releases of IRIX.
Source code to sendmail 8.9.3 can be obtained from
http://www.sendmail.org/ and compiles under older releases of IRIX.
Source code to sendmail 8.9.3 and SGI extensions can be obtained from
ftp://sgigate.sgi.com/patches/6.5.7/sendmail.8.9.3.tar.gz
On older releases of IRIX, the file sendmail.8.9.3.tar.gz can be
unpacked using GNU gzip tools found on http://freeware.sgi.com/
Once sendmail.8.9.3.tar.gz has been unpacked, SGI patches to
sendmail 8.9.3 can be found in a separate directory called patches.
SGI patches to sendmail 8.9.3 have been (or will be) submitted to
sendmail.org for inclusion in the base source distribution.
##### Source File Checksums ####
Filename: sendmail.8.9.3.tar.gz
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 42616 2223 sendmail.8.9.3.tar.gz
Algorithm #2 (sum): 42508 2223 sendmail.8.9.3.tar.gz
MD5 checksum: 3CD39FE362E43B5CCBE230050E6D7500
Compiling sendmail 8.9.3 for IRIX is not supported by SGI.
The SGI supported solution for sendmail 8.9.3 is patch 3865
for IRIX 6.5.7.
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- --- Solution ---
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Install patch 3865 for IRIX 6.5.7 release streams.
Patch 3865 will only install on IRIX 6.5.7 release streams.
Patch 3865 includes source code to sendmail 8.9.3 as well as SGI
extensions.
If you have not received an IRIX 6.5.7 CD for IRIX 6.5, contact your
SGI Support Provider or download the IRIX 6.5.7 Maintenance Release
Stream from:
http://support.sgi.com/colls/patches/tools/relstream/index.html
Information about installing IRIX 6.5.7 can be found at:
http://support.sgi.com/irix/index.html
There are no current plans to release a sendmail 8.9.3 patch for
older releases of IRIX.
Patches are available via anonymous FTP and your service/support
provider.
The primary SGI anonymous FTP site for security information and patches
is sgigate.sgi.com (204.94.209.1). Security information and patches can
be found in the ~ftp/security and ~ftp/patches directories, respectively.
For security and patch management reasons, ftp.sgi.com (mirror of sgigate)
lags behind and does not do a real-time update of ~ftp/security and
~ftp/patches
Patches are also available from http://support.sgi.com/
##### Patch File Checksums ####
The actual patch will be a tar file containing the following files:
Filename: README.patch.3865
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 12478 8 README.patch.3865
Algorithm #2 (sum): 49211 8 README.patch.3865
MD5 checksum: D42136C4CB686E77C390DA080CC4930D
Filename: patchSG0003865
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 57935 4 patchSG0003865
Algorithm #2 (sum): 51672 4 patchSG0003865
MD5 checksum: 0921BC13EC9C245410310DB8DDDE4245
Filename: patchSG0003865.eoe_books
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 38787 1866 patchSG0003865.eoe_books
Algorithm #2 (sum): 31827 1866 patchSG0003865.eoe_books
MD5 checksum: 6E94D750F2D3D698D89F1B565A2C5EF1
Filename: patchSG0003865.eoe_man
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 09053 37 patchSG0003865.eoe_man
Algorithm #2 (sum): 16970 37 patchSG0003865.eoe_man
MD5 checksum: B78B5F4FF7CE8643D51B81155C4053E2
Filename: patchSG0003865.eoe_sw
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 60845 3136 patchSG0003865.eoe_sw
Algorithm #2 (sum): 13461 3136 patchSG0003865.eoe_sw
MD5 checksum: B9147670C43E2AF6392508E223168096
Filename: patchSG0003865.idb
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 50971 41 patchSG0003865.idb
Algorithm #2 (sum): 16841 41 patchSG0003865.idb
MD5 checksum: EAE209D64235B47310FF982856309BEB
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- --- Acknowledgments ---
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Silicon Graphics wishes to thank sendmail.org and the users of the
Internet Community at large for their assistance in this matter.
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