82280 – Sendmail-8.13.3 ebuild lacks the CLOSE_WAIT ERRATA fix from sendmail.org

Bug 82280 - Sendmail-8.13.3 ebuild lacks the CLOSE_WAIT ERRATA fix from sendmail.org

Summary: Sendmail-8.13.3 ebuild lacks the CLOSE_WAIT ERRATA fix from sendmail.org

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Grant Goodyear (RETIRED)

URL:	http://www.sendmail.org/8.13.3.html#E...
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Reported:	2005-02-16 13:26 UTC by Gustavo Zacarias (RETIRED)
Modified:	2005-08-22 11:07 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Gustavo Zacarias (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-02-16 13:26:09 UTC

Sendmail-8.13.3 lacks the CLOSE_WAIT errata fix.
This doesn't affect the current stable 8.13.1.
Could be considered like kind of a DoS (resource depletion) eventually on high-load servers.

Comment 1 Gustavo Zacarias (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-08-22 11:07:22 UTC

No longer relevant since 8.13.4 is already stable.