RHSA-2011:0262Low

Red Hat Security Advisory: sendmail security and bug fix update

Published
February 16, 2011
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2009-4565 →

📋 Description

CVE-2009-4565 — sendmail: incorrect verification of SSL certificate with NUL in name

🎯 Affected products78

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • sendmail-0:8.13.1-6.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • sendmail-0:8.13.1-6.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • sendmail-0:8.13.1-6.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • sendmail-0:8.13.1-6.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • sendmail-0:8.13.1-6.el4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • sendmail-0:8.13.1-6.el4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • sendmail-0:8.13.1-6.el4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • sendmail-0:8.13.1-6.el4.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • sendmail-0:8.13.1-6.el4.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • sendmail-0:8.13.1-6.el4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • sendmail-0:8.13.1-6.el4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • sendmail-0:8.13.1-6.el4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • sendmail-0:8.13.1-6.el4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • sendmail-0:8.13.1-6.el4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • sendmail-0:8.13.1-6.el4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • sendmail-0:8.13.1-6.el4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • sendmail-0:8.13.1-6.el4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • sendmail-0:8.13.1-6.el4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • sendmail-cf-0:8.13.1-6.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • sendmail-cf-0:8.13.1-6.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • sendmail-cf-0:8.13.1-6.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • sendmail-cf-0:8.13.1-6.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • sendmail-cf-0:8.13.1-6.el4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • sendmail-cf-0:8.13.1-6.el4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • sendmail-cf-0:8.13.1-6.el4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • sendmail-cf-0:8.13.1-6.el4.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
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✅ Remediation

As part of the fix for BZ#434645, a script called purge-mqueue is shipped with this update. It is located in the /usr/share/sendmail/ directory. The primary purpose of this script is a one-time clean up of the mqueue from stalled files that were created before the installation of this update. By default, the script removes all files from /var/spool/mqueue/ that have an atime older than one month. It requires the tmpwatch package to be installed. If you have stalled files in your mqueue you can run this script or clean them manually. It is also possible to use this script as a cron job (for example, by copying it to /etc/cron.daily/), but it should not be needed in most cases, because this update should prevent the creation of new stalled files. Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

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