Debian Security Advisory

DSA-841-1 mailutils -- format string vulnerability

Date Reported:
04 Oct 2005
Affected Packages:
mailutils
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-2878.
More information:

A format string vulnerability has been discovered in GNU mailutils which contains utilities for handling mail that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the IMAP server.

The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.1-4sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.90-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your mailutils package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_0.6.1-4sarge1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_0.6.1-4sarge1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_0.6.1.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-doc_0.6.1-4sarge1_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_0.6.1-4sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_0.6.1-4sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_0.6.1-4sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-comsatd_0.6.1-4sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_0.6.1-4sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-mh_0.6.1-4sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_0.6.1-4sarge1_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_0.6.1-4sarge1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_0.6.1-4sarge1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_0.6.1-4sarge1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-comsatd_0.6.1-4sarge1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_0.6.1-4sarge1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-mh_0.6.1-4sarge1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_0.6.1-4sarge1_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_0.6.1-4sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_0.6.1-4sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_0.6.1-4sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-comsatd_0.6.1-4sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_0.6.1-4sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-mh_0.6.1-4sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_0.6.1-4sarge1_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_0.6.1-4sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_0.6.1-4sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_0.6.1-4sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-comsatd_0.6.1-4sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_0.6.1-4sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-mh_0.6.1-4sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_0.6.1-4sarge1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_0.6.1-4sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_0.6.1-4sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_0.6.1-4sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-comsatd_0.6.1-4sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_0.6.1-4sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-mh_0.6.1-4sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_0.6.1-4sarge1_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_0.6.1-4sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_0.6.1-4sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_0.6.1-4sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-comsatd_0.6.1-4sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_0.6.1-4sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-mh_0.6.1-4sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_0.6.1-4sarge1_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_0.6.1-4sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_0.6.1-4sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_0.6.1-4sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-comsatd_0.6.1-4sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_0.6.1-4sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-mh_0.6.1-4sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_0.6.1-4sarge1_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_0.6.1-4sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_0.6.1-4sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_0.6.1-4sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-comsatd_0.6.1-4sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_0.6.1-4sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-mh_0.6.1-4sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_0.6.1-4sarge1_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_0.6.1-4sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_0.6.1-4sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_0.6.1-4sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-comsatd_0.6.1-4sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_0.6.1-4sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-mh_0.6.1-4sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_0.6.1-4sarge1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_0.6.1-4sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_0.6.1-4sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_0.6.1-4sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-comsatd_0.6.1-4sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_0.6.1-4sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-mh_0.6.1-4sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_0.6.1-4sarge1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_0.6.1-4sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_0.6.1-4sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_0.6.1-4sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-comsatd_0.6.1-4sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_0.6.1-4sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-mh_0.6.1-4sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_0.6.1-4sarge1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_0.6.1-4sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_0.6.1-4sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_0.6.1-4sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-comsatd_0.6.1-4sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_0.6.1-4sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-mh_0.6.1-4sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_0.6.1-4sarge1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.