TITLE:
Sun Cobalt Sendmail Memory Corruption Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19774

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19774/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Cobalt RaQ 4
http://secunia.com/product/861/
Sun Cobalt RaQ 550
http://secunia.com/product/1052/
Sun Cobalt RaQ XTR
http://secunia.com/product/1053/

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

For more information:
SA19342

The vulnerability affects the following versions:
* RaQ4 with sendmail versions 8.10.2-C4stackguard or earlier
* RaQ550 with sendmail versions 8.11.6-1C6stackguard or earlier
* RaQXTR with sendmail versions 8.11.6-1C6stackguard or earlier

SOLUTION:
The vendor recommends blocking access to the service from untrusted
networks or disabling the sendmail daemon.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102324-1

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

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