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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2005.0167 -- Debian Security Advisory DSA 685-1
New emacs21 packages fix arbitrary code execution
18 February 2005
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: emacs21
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
Linux variants
UNIX variants
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CAN-2005-0100
Ref: ESB-2005.0125
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-685
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 685-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
February 17th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : emacs21
Vulnerability : format string
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2005-0100
Max Vozeler discovered several format string vulnerabilities in the
movemail utility of Emacs, the well-known editor. Via connecting to a
malicious POP server an attacker can execute arbitrary code under the
privileges of group mail.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in
version 21.2-1woody3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 21.3+1-9.
We recommend that you upgrade your emacs packages.
Upgrade Instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21_21.2-1woody3.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 685 7b2d6f448bda83cde50bfbdac6af3c37
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21_21.2-1woody3.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 60779 26c73195d7bc0ec32cb49d1a39c27cd9
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21_21.2.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 24072376 3ac8d47ce8a61f2e585e6359efc53f07
Architecture independent components:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21-el_21.2-1woody3_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 7123990 91e9e9e5d2a36e5e69854c5207f9e03c
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21_21.2-1woody3_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 13255430 dcbdbbdc5c2a226034477195f2c91ebf
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21_21.2-1woody3_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 12886726 7498feec697be0a9a3dffd0cbec52429
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21_21.2-1woody3_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 12847064 98374f09bde9ed2c757d778f30cdee25
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21_21.2-1woody3_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 13583480 aae0aa9e6e47818e99a21a11b79bfa5a
HP Precision architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21_21.2-1woody3_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 13095946 987acfbbf7cdd80b43c3d73ae9b448b1
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21_21.2-1woody3_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 12777404 7d28afe74b5b742647053e5a7078307c
Big endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21_21.2-1woody3_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 13076678 0dd0166bf19e0834a25e0da02cac7699
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21_21.2-1woody3_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 13032364 1518ecdaa0044ab33719c5cfb732f864
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21_21.2-1woody3_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 12929482 b00ec48f6b94043e23ae527316edbb02
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21_21.2-1woody3_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 12916492 1275283ccce7678b26914396baa466c1
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21_21.2-1woody3_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 12962686 35e755cc4e619b8c200b9d14cffcf300
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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