Thought I would take the time to let everyone here know about a serious vulnerbility.

Security flaw puts Web e-mail at risk

Tuesday, March 4, 2003 Posted: 9:35 AM EST (1435 GMT)

SEATTLE, Washington (Reuters) -- The most widely used program for transferring e-mail between computer networks has a security flaw that could allow attackers to disrupt the flow of e-mail and intercept messages, the program's developer said Monday.

The security flaw does not directly affect desktop personal computers but puts e-mail and information sent over the Internet at risk, privately held Sendmail Inc. of Emeryville, California and Internet security provider Internet Security Systems Inc. said in a joint statement. Atlanta-based ISS said that Sendmail, which is estimated to handle as much as three-quarters of all Internet e-mail traffic, has a flaw that could allow attackers to gain top-level access to e-mail servers to stop e-mail traffic and read messages.


Full story here http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/03/0...reut/index.html