Hello,

If I remember correct, it is a very OLD exploit in sendmail.  Well, so old that 
sendmail tells you that someone is trying to exploit it.  I usually don't pay much 
attention to them, but if it lists an IP (as yours does) I add it to my ipchains block 
list.

James

The following message was sent by "Simon Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 5 Feb 
2004 11:23:49 -0000.

> Does anyone know what these are I seem to be getting quite alot of these
> at the moment?
> 
> Active System Attack Alerts
> 
> Feb 5 01:32:07 ns1 sendmail[8467]: i151W6908467: POSSIBLE ATTACK from
> [220.79.92.45]: newline in string "wcuvbpqbpv^M "
> 
> Feb 5 01:36:51 ns1 sendmail[8639]: i151ap908639: POSSIBLE ATTACK from
> cpe-68-118-242-190.ma.charter.com: newline in string "krxyjowdvq^M "
> 
> Thanks
>  
> Simon
> 





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