[SECURITY] [DTSA-20-1] New mailutils packages fix Format string vulnerability

[maulkin at mx0.halon.org.uk (Neil McGovern)]

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Debian Testing Security Advisory DTSA-20-1              October 13th, 2005
secure-testing-team@lists.alioth.debian.org                  Neil McGovern
http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/
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Package        : mailutils
Vulnerability  : Format string vulnerability
Problem-Scope  : remote
Debian-specific: No
CVE ID         : CAN-2005-2878 

A format string vulnerability has been discovered in Mailutils.

CAN-2005-2878
  A format string vulnerability in search.c in the imap4d server in GNU
  Mailutils 0.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via
  format string specifiers in the SEARCH command.

For the testing distribution (etch) this is fixed in version
1:0.6.90-2.1etch1

For the unstable distribution (sid) this is fixed in version
1:0.6.90-3

This upgrade is recommended if you use mailutils.

The Debian testing security team does not track security issues for the
stable (sarge) and oldstable (woody) distributions. If stable is vulnerable,
the Debian security team will make an announcement once a fix is ready.

Upgrade Instructions
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To use the Debian testing security archive, add the following lines to
your /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing etch/security-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing etch/security-updates main contrib non-free

The archive signing key can be downloaded from
http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/ziyi-2005-7.asc

To install the update, run this command as root:

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

For further information about the Debian testing security team, please refer
to http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/
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