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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2002.003 -- Debian Security Advisory DSA-096-1 and DSA-096-2 mutt buffer overflow 3 January 2002 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: mutt Vendor: Debian Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 Platform: Alpha ARM i386 Motorola 680x0 PowerPC SPARC Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands Access Required: Remote Note: Both Debian Security Advisories are included in this ESB. - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-096-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Wichert Akkerman January 2, 2002 - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : mutt Problem type : buffer overflow Debian-specific: no Joost Pol found a buffer overflow in the address handling code of mutt (a popular mail user agent). Even though this is a one byte overflow this is exploitable. This has been fixed upstream in version 1.2.5.1 and 1.3.25. The relevant patch has been added to version 1.2.5-5 of the Debian package. wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 alias potato - - --------------------------------- Potato was released for alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc and sparc. At this moment packages for sparc are not yet available. Source archives: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/mutt_1.2.5-5.diff.gz MD5 checksum: 04f7c13c3bf6a1d4fcb4bf1a594522a1 http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/mutt_1.2.5-5.dsc MD5 checksum: 0ba73a6dd8029339329c27b56087ebce http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/mutt_1.2.5.orig.tar.gz MD5 checksum: 0ba5367059abdd55daceb82dce6be42f Alpha architecture: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-alpha/mutt_1.2.5-5_alpha.deb MD5 checksum: b206557565607833551219ff67737cd4 ARM architecture: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-arm/mutt_1.2.5-5_arm.deb MD5 checksum: 57c0c2602c3bfde3f459f01515432eac Intel IA-32 architecture: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/mutt_1.2.5-5_i386.deb MD5 checksum: d72fa58b0914762674648a68d410b4b9 Motorola 680x0 architecture: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-m68k/mutt_1.2.5-5_m68k.deb MD5 checksum: 266c451cee06693e7f40917b0465981a PowerPC architecture: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-powerpc/mutt_1.2.5-5_powerpc.deb MD5 checksum: aec60dae6148ac9da29c111e70ea77b0 These packages will be moved into the stable distribution on its next revision. For not yet released architectures please refer to the appropriate directory ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/binary-$arch/ . - - -- - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQB1AwUBPDNFlajZR/ntlUftAQHLowMAlDOIzMX02myWrdk4h487ZxhPBK86i47O C8cDu9p4O4+39HkZNU+YNQs3+wZT5JaYnrBBiYryjDDqxXhzMDwbKYv534QuNZH9 t/1AsqUXp+veutwpWXuFT742TwsiCtW4 =xDVb - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-096-2 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Wichert Akkerman January 3, 2002 - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : mutt Problem type : buffer overflow Debian-specific: no The sparc binary for the mutt security fix described in DSA-096-1 is now available. wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 alias potato - - --------------------------------- Sun Sparc architecture: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-sparc/mutt_1.2.5-5_sparc.deb MD5 checksum: 8bb33cd0efac0aeb345e87d58188e905 These packages will be moved into the stable distribution on its next revision. For not yet released architectures please refer to the appropriate directory ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/binary-$arch/ . - - -- - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQB1AwUBPDOl5ajZR/ntlUftAQF3qwL/as2DEB1BgdCAPLv+eT9tXbpjEBYe4Z8x F1/1JgFF4DFox1clmAGxYRFDlo8q8Yo50aR+yhcJxc2/Y53a3KDiTWBI+hAbnGTI VRsHMEHvY/mSisfBiqQJTtyob+lwhXE5 =1Y6t - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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