TITLE:
Sun Solaris Sendmail Signal Handling Memory Corruption

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19360

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19360/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 10
http://secunia.com/product/4813/
Sun Solaris 9
http://secunia.com/product/95/

DESCRIPTION:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Solaris, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA19342

SOLUTION:
The vendor recommends blocking access to the affected service from
untrusted networks or to disable the sendmail daemon where possible
(see vendor advisory for details).

A final resolution is pending completion.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102262-1

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA19342:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19342/

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