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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2006.0449 -- [UNIX/Linux][Debian]
New mutt packages fix arbitrary code execution
11 July 2006
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: mutt
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Denial of Service
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CVE-2006-3242
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1108
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1108-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
Jul 11th, 2006 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : mutt
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2006-3242
Debian Bug : 375828
It was discovered that the mutt mail reader performs insufficient
validation of values returned from an IMAP server, which might overflow
a buffer and potentially lead to the injection of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.5.9-2sarge2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.5.11+cvs20060403-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your mutt 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 3.1 alias sarge
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mutt/mutt_1.5.9-2sarge2.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 775 6dded70d1b853282f90168f83a3da833
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mutt/mutt_1.5.9-2sarge2.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 94233 7c72a620b8772515556b986bfb93b0fb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mutt/mutt_1.5.9.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 3033253 587dd1d8f44361b73b82ef64eb30c3a0
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mutt/mutt_1.5.9-2sarge2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1530480 f93c6b6e3d599a00d8927cc67c1ce691
AMD64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mutt/mutt_1.5.9-2sarge2_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1442518 aeb593803115ca292f2112fbf44106fc
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mutt/mutt_1.5.9-2sarge2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1420526 569e402f7715c2116d0445dedd8a419f
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mutt/mutt_1.5.9-2sarge2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1416838 e38785e2498fca52d8a7bbefae26fa94
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mutt/mutt_1.5.9-2sarge2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1626542 2aa9e0061439f25598ce205ef680acc1
HP Precision architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mutt/mutt_1.5.9-2sarge2_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1467244 5731fe300b59d268423108e5073c29ac
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mutt/mutt_1.5.9-2sarge2_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1370346 a9acf01e90144e69d06f5ab94984e3fa
Big endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mutt/mutt_1.5.9-2sarge2_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1474126 ed6c9bd33b9f3173dac03c9bc8da120a
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mutt/mutt_1.5.9-2sarge2_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1472642 b1693682bf38da32054e638c37b6ab56
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mutt/mutt_1.5.9-2sarge2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1446202 6226966d71933436a2909dfc9a9c57a8
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mutt/mutt_1.5.9-2sarge2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1444064 50bcd604cf4ebe69d4bd4e11c44cdb88
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mutt/mutt_1.5.9-2sarge2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1417006 056963151226667c293f13c4b8a2db88
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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