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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2005.0900 -- Debian Security Advisory DSA 889-1
New enigmail packages fix information disclosure
9 November 2005
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: enigmail
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
UNIX variants
Windows
Impact: Access Confidential Data
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CAN-2005-3256
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-889
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running enigmail check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 889-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
November 8th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : enigmail
Vulnerability : programming error
Problem type : local (remote)
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2005-3256
CERT advisory : VU#805121
Debian Bug : 335731
A bug has been discovered in enigmail, GPG support for Mozilla
MailNews and Mozilla Thunderbird, that can lead to the encryption of
mail with the wrong public key, hence, potential disclosure of
confidential data to others.
The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain enigmail packages.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.91-4sarge2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.93-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your enigmail 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 3.1 alias sarge
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/enigmail/enigmail_0.91-4sarge2.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 876 75a0758ff71b8651e26cb3d16320cb04
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/enigmail/enigmail_0.91-4sarge2.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 17190 9d19e21a4feaf5177216646635949398
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/enigmail/enigmail_0.91.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 2027147 b802d62ea602d82d8d0c69cc807bf83a
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/enigmail/mozilla-enigmail_0.91-4sarge2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 345752 818ab632bcb4ea7e8b4105086aa2b904
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/enigmail/mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail_0.91-4sarge2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 350004 5087cf1624f2d70c5f0a543604556596
AMD64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/enigmail/mozilla-enigmail_0.91-4sarge2_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 314392 f9f5d14e6e0d000cfc3394ecdd6115d7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/enigmail/mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail_0.91-4sarge2_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 318672 d9fe5cf1c8c747e2c750f4687115f735
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/enigmail/mozilla-enigmail_0.91-4sarge2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 301182 0f7100552d152f8018726349de1bade3
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/enigmail/mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail_0.91-4sarge2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 306332 cd5027429531a8c3b87d9a2c5e8aaaab
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/enigmail/mozilla-enigmail_0.91-4sarge2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 298752 1ab5eee62ddb846a74441bc50d0120cf
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/enigmail/mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail_0.91-4sarge2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 304076 eb8586436db24bf342f69b1d3996c37e
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/enigmail/mozilla-enigmail_0.91-4sarge2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 360432 cff589e212e6852048c65121be50e06c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/enigmail/mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail_0.91-4sarge2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 365434 f5571495756e2b8a72bf609bf2e73824
HP Precision architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/enigmail/mozilla-enigmail_0.91-4sarge2_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 321090 c2038c3d7274addf7387790275d668a1
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/enigmail/mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail_0.91-4sarge2_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 325354 c285ed213fc3a9cc62bbe2c0ac84ca2e
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/enigmail/mozilla-enigmail_0.91-4sarge2_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 299930 6f45c5101ae36faa4bef8f4bfb5dedaa
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/enigmail/mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail_0.91-4sarge2_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 305212 aade8a0d36c5205034c845fa803c230f
Big endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/enigmail/mozilla-enigmail_0.91-4sarge2_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 308046 11eec39a832de3fe90794a5958044678
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/enigmail/mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail_0.91-4sarge2_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 313148 358aa614e2b4fb330a162b6bdd8a19b7
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/enigmail/mozilla-enigmail_0.91-4sarge2_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 307274 5fa7f930926d0fdf8e60d86eda6c6579
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/enigmail/mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail_0.91-4sarge2_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 312344 98db4ceb10b7848d8e58c83a8a02e968
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/enigmail/mozilla-enigmail_0.91-4sarge2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 300700 ee25b159b35a02b6d1e5f45212d6dae7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/enigmail/mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail_0.91-4sarge2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 305824 6fbe747eb1eb09f56e634c6f9f21cef8
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/enigmail/mozilla-enigmail_0.91-4sarge2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 322512 1dbfe3be09e79091a5f01ae7f0b251a2
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/enigmail/mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail_0.91-4sarge2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 327176 a3a75f4c3782ed0e6e7fdb881e753661
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/enigmail/mozilla-enigmail_0.91-4sarge2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 299788 009c91ff056a4b6a3bf9adc5a3425335
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/enigmail/mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail_0.91-4sarge2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 304074 a6fb00b36e7d52d91a136327928338c9
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
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Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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