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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                        ESB-2002.614 -- OpenBSD 3.2
            Local vulnerability in Sendmail's Restricted Shell
                             07 November 2002

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:                smrsh
Vendor:                 OpenBSD
Operating System:       OpenBSD 3.2
                        OpenBSD 3.1
                        OpenBSD 3.0
Impact:                 Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access Required:        Existing Account

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OpenBSD 3.2 ships with sendmail's restricted shell, smrsh, being
vulnerable to a local attack described in
    http://www.sendmail.org/smrsh.adv.txt
OpenBSD 3.0 and 3.1 are also affected.

A fix addressing this problem is available in the -STABLE branch of the
aforementioned three releases, as well as standalone patch files.


Also, two reliability fixes affecting OpenBSD 3.2, already available in
the -STABLE branch, have been released as standalone patch files.


For more information about errata and patches for your release, please
read the appropriate OpenBSD errata page:
  http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html       (for OpenBSD 3.2)
  http://www.openbsd.org/errata31.html     (for OpenBSD 3.1)
  http://www.openbsd.org/errata30.html     (for OpenBSD 3.0)

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