Security Incidents: Re: Real-world attacks on sendmail CA-2003-07 seen

[Juan Gallego <Little.Boss () physics mcgill ca>]

On 2003-03-10 13:52-0500, Bennett Todd <bet () rahul net> wrote:

| Tancsa was right, and that what I was actually seeing was spam
| that provoked this log message, and not an attempt at exploiting
| CA-2003-07 after all.

i have to agree. althought i don't have the original messages, i happen to
log email subjects, and they have spam written all over them.

hth,
-- 
juan

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Mar 10 02:01:04 mandos sendmail[18722]: h2A70mA18722: [rbl]subject:Gain 3 \
                Full Inches In Length[64.15.239.131]
Mar 10 02:01:04 mandos sendmail[18722]: h2A70mA18722: \
                from=<nobody () cgi14 interq net>, size=2351, class=0, nrcpts=1, \
                msgid=<200303100702.QAA17631 () cgi14 interq net>, proto=SMTP, \
                daemon=MTA, relay=mail.bigfoot.com [64.15.239.131]
Mar 10 02:01:04 mandos sendmail[14378]: h2A70mA18722: Dropped invalid \
                comments from header address
Mar 10 02:01:04 mandos sendmail[14378]: h2A70mA18722: \
                to=<pellet () physics mcgill ca>, delay=00:00:00, \
                xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=31532, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
Mar 10 15:13:41 mandos sendmail[18808]: h2AKDeA18808: [rbl]subject:WE HAVE \
                HELPED 700,000 MEN LIKE YOU [210.157.1.23]
Mar 10 15:13:42 mandos sendmail[18808]: h2AKDeA18808: \
                from=<nobody () cgi18 interq net>, size=2115, class=0, nrcpts=1, \
                msgid=<200303102015.FAA29778 () cgi18 interq net>, proto=ESMTP, \
                daemon=MTA, relay=cgi18.interq.net [210.157.1.23]
Mar 10 15:13:44 mandos sendmail[13178]: h2AKDeA18808: Dropped invalid \
                comments from header address
Mar 10 15:13:45 mandos sendmail[13178]: h2AKDeA18808: to=lilleym () balrog, \
                delay=00:00:04, xdelay=00:00:03, mailer=esmtp, pri=31531, \
                relay=balrog.physics.mcgill.ca. [132.206.123.41], dsn=2.0.0, \
                stat=Sent (PAA04506 Message accepted for delivery)

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