SMTP host possibly vulnerable

Risk Level: Low risk vulnerability  Low

Check or Attack Name: identdresp

Platforms: Any
Description:

An identd response was detected, indicating that this exploit was attempted and the identd daemon was detected.

Remedy:

Ask your vendor for sendmail patches, or upgrade to the latest version of Sendmail.

References:

CERT Advisory CA-96.20, Sendmail Vulnerabilities, http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-96.20.sendmail_vul.html

CERT Advisory CA-96.20, Sendmail Vulnerabilities, http://www.cert.org/ftp/cert_advisories/CA-96.20.sendmail_vul

Sendmail Consortium, Sendmail FAQ, http://www.sendmail.org/faq

Sendmail Consortium, Sendmail recent versions, http://www.sendmail.org

Sendmail Consortium, Sendmail recent versions, ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/sendmail


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