New Sendmail security feature

[Chris Conn]

Changing the queue sort order to random is also listed as a workaround.

Upgrading works too =)

Chris

Kai Schaetzl wrote:
> Ken A wrote on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:31:45 -0700:
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> 
>>"by limiting the maximum message size accepted by your server (via the 
>>sendmail MaxMessageSize option), you can eliminate the attack completely." 
>> 
>>Does anyone using sendmail NOT limit max message size you'll accept?
> 
> 
> well, they are "vague" about the size. Even the original advisory at
> http://www.sendmail.com/security/advisories/SA-200605-01.txt.asc
> just says "very large". What is "very large"?
> 
> Kai
>