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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2005.0421 -- Debian Security Advisory DSA 732-1
New mailutils packages fix several vulnerabilities
6 June 2005
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: GNU mailutils
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Denial of Service
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CAN-2005-1523 CAN-2005-1522 CAN-2005-1521
CAN-2005-1520
Ref: ESB-2005.0405
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-732
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 732-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
June 3rd, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : mailutils
Vulnerability : several
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2005-1520 CAN-2005-1521 CAN-2005-1522 CAN-2005-1523
"infamous41md" discovered several vulnerabilities in the GNU mailutils
package which contains utilities for handling mail. These problems
can lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the
following vulnerabilities.
CAN-2005-1520
Buffer overflow mail header handling may allow a remote attacker
to execute commands with the privileges of the targeted user.
CAN-2005-1521
Combined integer and heap overflow in the fetch routine can lead
to the execution of arbitrary code.
CAN-2005-1522
Denial of service in the fetch routine.
CAN-2005-1523
Format string vulnerability can lead to the execution of arbitrary
code.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in
version 20020409-1woody2.
For the testing distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in
version 0.6.1-4.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 0.6.1-4.
We recommend that you upgrade your mailutils 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/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 697 ddb16985d00bf55795157d952875393d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 1497824 212b3ad37c1614fd5bba9640d47be76c
Architecture independent components:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-doc_20020409-1woody2_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 58670 d890abeef935e595f6b06b2f773f57d4
Alpha architecture:
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Size/MD5 checksum: 135230 c588ed776322a6c29f3eb46da96aecb3
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 192258 a2230693059806c0ca2bce24d04207ab
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http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 50118 44fe84821aadb7e4b7bc8286797bf814
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Size/MD5 checksum: 35106 157475241ac197f5d40eccc1d77fa3ac
ARM architecture:
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Size/MD5 checksum: 114426 c888648c94ad93b5300ea56ce4499a4f
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Size/MD5 checksum: 38604 721e4d0013c65155c8e2577fc8a87675
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Size/MD5 checksum: 27272 3c591ac6d6d82799db15517c2fdc3405
Intel IA-32 architecture:
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Size/MD5 checksum: 113832 1acfdc0a7b2db619204144fd97564f43
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Size/MD5 checksum: 27472 7bd76da97e358fee9269aefc7fba1488
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 186092 0abedbb1a941364892e2a6ed27b2d0ba
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http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_ia64.deb
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http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_ia64.deb
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http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_ia64.deb
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HP Precision architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 142704 c359f51cf1042017481abbc9a63b12bb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_hppa.deb
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http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 133484 a3df045a3955fd01a183203e13f518ad
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_hppa.deb
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http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_hppa.deb
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Motorola 680x0 architecture:
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Size/MD5 checksum: 108930 8331800f6c68b249cef1ff20508d9eaf
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 121470 ed82976e6953df807c4858aa0d0e63ca
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 101954 54b3c72e0904c8b0d5c67c97052a502f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 36596 375563164bd1474b5257603f0f2f0849
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 26334 06cedc01ebaef7934d989005a1ef8c01
Big endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 118376 8a5e60eb796cd321db55315715a390bf
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 164232 1e8c0336f1d8426a980c304eb471278a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 130550 8db76fe33938664bfc1e794634c8ced8
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 43320 db0d7eaf76798e042f05739ce1972bc6
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 30766 6ea46afe66030ade6bf3886782f7f702
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 118270 724563b138795936a42b7ab923934e37
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 164028 ae6c3734da9c030b038e0c4078dac8df
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 129862 9547d79eb3313a3308ed64c43d0a66ec
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 43166 58a36c264f0f81c1cb38829f8ecc9481
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 30640 8ebea6878b4ca879f9e6d685b9264838
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 117908 524458b456accd1351df1541208832b5
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 145288 ab1412cc98dc973ccd95f70d3eeed964
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 115414 c51d2a7401341271e2fb487ddb2b06e1
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 39726 a58eb1c4cd38e1f38c923cce1be6d940
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 27510 d2139b76674771e491b1d8b848e509dc
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 120022 08083b0ee8b67e2272a3291e7ea119d2
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 134246 18692a22d388900b10ded752943cf81f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 116228 5ac2e029b1f0ad2b38bf6dfe33917c4c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 40670 78a66eac5fa65a851e2a4dcc55223711
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 29092 e89800e02233e9320c2a435a523ce61c
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 116480 f0a60c012d07732f347832cd1690057c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 134090 448dc2ecdd77ec59f32c8ec2c55ce475
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 116186 2e906c7abe3b8f56ab526367a84a240a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 38558 0f8116d72038ad6e59a20eced9f5f7a6
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 28822 7bd3fff94c5a3cff6678c46e47b0f7cf
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
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