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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2005.0936 -- Debian Security Advisory DSA 906-1
New sylpheed packages fix arbitrary code execution
23 November 2005
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: sylpheed
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
UNIX variants
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CVE-2005-3354
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-906
Comment: To exploit this vulnerability an attacker would need to convince the
user to import a supplied LDIF file to their Sylpheed address book.
This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running Sylpheed check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
This vulnerability is fixed in Sylpheed 2.1.6.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 906-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
November 22nd, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : sylpheed
Vulnerability : buffer overflows
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2005-3354
Debian Bug : 338436
Colin Leroy discovered several buffer overflows in a number of
importer routines in sylpheed, a light-weight e-mail client with GTK+,
that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
The following matrix explains which versions fix this vulnerability
old stable (woody) stable (sarge) unstable (sid)
sylpheed 0.7.4-4woody1 1.0.4-1sarge1 2.0.4-1
sylpheed-gtk1 n/a n/a 1.0.6-1
sylpheed-claws 0.7.4claws-3woody1 1.0.4-1sarge1 1.0.5-2
sylpheed-claws-gtk2 n/a n/a 1.9.100-1
We recommend that you upgrade your sylpheed package.
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/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_0.7.4-4woody1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 809 e2347bf6ce11e212ab44b5a7de555b07
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_0.7.4-4woody1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 1460259 d22f631c079bd96fc720b41046590ae6
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_0.7.4.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 2392658 4f35c4925a9c9678b70f275a898a4a6b
Architecture independent components:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed-doc_0.7.4-4woody1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1418744 55e42c4f703fdc2464126247b5b299a7
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_0.7.4-4woody1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1284984 922289db3e1f15c360c3a98ea4411d0b
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_0.7.4-4woody1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1191522 9450fd7553a16e73d8896a44bca0097b
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_0.7.4-4woody1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1174296 6ba9efd2654c18615bd8b64a07d28094
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_0.7.4-4woody1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1441450 245fb9dd7fdb9e4ed0eff7b12853b5bf
HP Precision architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_0.7.4-4woody1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1277040 47c8af49ea30b9a7d6fa354fd64ec7d4
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_0.7.4-4woody1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1143172 b1296dd212303acea573c3a8c78ec1fc
Big endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_0.7.4-4woody1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1201778 03c3fdeee83a534b7d84a4737e33f86d
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_0.7.4-4woody1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1197450 6c095c451e04637b1e29c29d68d6e4e3
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_0.7.4-4woody1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1196634 925bdab51d9f24e6d75f83a98fee4cc2
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_0.7.4-4woody1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1174614 ec34f80d0a3545528bc358d8ffd3b77f
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_0.7.4-4woody1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1187816 d59bcdb7ca66390b1bb01a540bb935f4
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_1.0.4-1sarge1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 948 6b57fc4b878f1c8d0ddcccaf15813ff1
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_1.0.4-1sarge1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 16171 91e577bed02a58ac10f85e1ec4e859c2
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_1.0.4.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 3517663 ffb104c0f90b9ccf7a4bc5524d1059bf
Architecture independent components:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed-i18n_1.0.4-1sarge1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1071916 460598d0611be3c198fc56377dc3ac92
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_1.0.4-1sarge1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 821660 8d4adb1dc686202221f9c16f26d3a288
AMD64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_1.0.4-1sarge1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 728122 44fa3ca5e91e9578c0066b81cecf306f
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_1.0.4-1sarge1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 672262 bcd873a4d9f65f7d1469fe649e0c5c15
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_1.0.4-1sarge1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 702658 292e475a082194472bda36b6fe8b20e6
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_1.0.4-1sarge1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 957984 9b7f91777012bbc512ff05c8f7a185cc
HP Precision architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_1.0.4-1sarge1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 756592 08d367fc378be3645101b07050f4df3a
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_1.0.4-1sarge1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 615522 5d53eecb10b8a9f19c43a106bd07c24e
Big endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_1.0.4-1sarge1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 691570 d7e0577ab08ce1db8f0ce90aad49a673
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_1.0.4-1sarge1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 687856 c09ea9b3b609a23a57d7252e9bb5cab2
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_1.0.4-1sarge1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 683192 5d1bc703af5aa8b525f21f2339504ee3
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_1.0.4-1sarge1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 703946 65f5016da14e4d2c80832896361be2e1
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sylpheed/sylpheed_1.0.4-1sarge1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 674298 72338e47d53541365b833e5667280621
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
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Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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