[comp.mail.misc] smail 3.0 security hole?

randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) (06/09/90)

	I just had a root breaking here on chinet.  I am running
	ISC 2.0.2 with smail 3.0.  smail 3.0 is setuid root.
	I believe he broke in via smail.
	This is a piece of mail that got bounced to postmaster here.
	Any ideas?


From MAILER-DAEMON Fri Jun  8 13:32:55 1990
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Date: Fri, 8 Jun 90 13:32 CDT
From: <MAILER-DAEMON@chinet.chi.il.us>
To: Postmaster
Subject: mail failed, sending to address owner
Reference: <m0hdo8U-00021UC@chinet.chi.il.us>
Status: RO

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Date: Fri, 8 Jun 90 13:32 CDT
From: gandalf (alien life form)
To: root

hehe

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Randy Suess
randy@chinet.chi.il.us

randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) (06/09/90)

Not sure if this got out the first time.....


	I just had a root breaking here on chinet.  I am running
	ISC 2.0.2 with smail 3.0.  smail 3.0 is setuid root.
	I believe he broke in via smail.
	This is a piece of mail that got bounced to postmaster here.
	Any ideas?


From MAILER-DAEMON Fri Jun  8 13:32:55 1990
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Received: by chinet.chi.il.us (/\=-/\ Smail3.1.18.1 #18.65)
	id <m0hdo8c-00024vC@chinet.chi.il.us>; Fri, 8 Jun 90 13:32 CDT
Message-Id: <m0hdo8c-00024vC@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 90 13:32 CDT
From: <MAILER-DAEMON@chinet.chi.il.us>
To: Postmaster
Subject: mail failed, sending to address owner
Reference: <m0hdo8U-00021UC@chinet.chi.il.us>
Status: RO

|------------------------- Failed addresses follow: ---------------------|
 "|/tmp/x" ... failed: transport pipe: child returned status EX_1 (1)
|------------------------- Message text follows: ------------------------|
Received: by chinet.chi.il.us (/\=-/\ Smail3.1.18.1 #18.65)
	id <m0hdo8U-00021UC@chinet.chi.il.us>; Fri, 8 Jun 90 13:32 CDT
Message-Id: <m0hdo8U-00021UC@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 90 13:32 CDT
From: gandalf (alien life form)
To: root

hehe

	-randy

	randy@chinet.chi.il.us
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Randy Suess
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