shouldnt this be something SUN addresses in a patch sometime?.. perhaps soon?!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Stauber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 8:49 AM Subject: Re: [cobalt-security] Remote Sendmail Header Processing Vulnerability > Hi David, > > > How come the RaQ3 cannot be uninstalled? > > An installed Sendmail consists of several RPMS: > > sendmail-cf-8.10.2-C1 > sendmail-doc-8.10.2-C1 > sendmail-conf-8.10.2-C1 > sendmail-8.10.2-C1 > > (example for the RaQ4) > > My package replaces just one of these RPMs - the one with all the binaries > within: > > sendmail-8.10.2-C1 is replaced with sendmail-8.10.2-C1sol1 > > When the PKG is uninstalled, then the RPM which it brought aboard is removed. > > Of course nobody wants to end up without a working Sendmail, so at the end of > the uninstallation process the uninstaller downloads > sendmail-8.10.2-C1.i386.rpm from ftp.cobalt.com (on the RaQ4) and installs > it. > > The RaQ3 package cannot be uninstalled, because ftp.cobalt.com doesn't contain > the sendmail RPM file which should be present on a fully patched RaQ3. Only > an older version is readily available from the FTP site. > > I didn't want to let the uninstaller revert RaQ3's back to an older Sendmail > version than they originally had aboard. > > -- > > With best regards, > > Michael Stauber > > _______________________________________________ > cobalt-security mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-security > _______________________________________________ cobalt-security mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-security
