[Esd-l] Detection rule for sendmail header exploit

[John D. Hardin]

> > Here is a rule which may trap some versions of the attack:

> > * ^(From|To|CC|Reply-To|Resent-From): .*<>.*<>.*<>.*<>.*<>.*\(.*\)

N.B.: I just realized that it's possible the exploit may work with
improperly-formed RFC822 comments, so that trailing close parenthesis
may be a weakness in the above rule.

The published exploit code does, however, use a closing parenthesis.

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