Debian Security Advisory
DSA-635-1 exim -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 12 Jan 2005
- Affected Packages:
- exim
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 289046.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-0021. - More information:
-
Philip Hazel announced a buffer overflow in the host_aton function in exim, the default mail-transport-agent in Debian, which can lead to the execution of arbitrary code via an illegal IPv6 address.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.35-1woody4.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.36-13 of exim and 4.34-10 of exim4.
We recommend that you upgrade your exim and exim4 packages.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody4.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody4.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody4.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody4_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody4_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody4_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody4_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody4_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody4_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody4_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody4_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody4_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody4_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody4_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.