Debian Security Advisory
DSA-732-1 mailutils -- several vulnerabilities
- Date Reported:
- 03 Jun 2005
- Affected Packages:
- mailutils
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-1520, CVE-2005-1521, CVE-2005-1522, CVE-2005-1523.
- More information:
-
"infamous41md" discovered several vulnerabilities in the GNU mailutils package which contains utilities for handling mail. These problems can lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities.
- CAN-2005-1520
Buffer overflow mail header handling may allow a remote attacker to execute commands with the privileges of the targeted user.
- CAN-2005-1521
Combined integer and heap overflow in the fetch routine can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
- CAN-2005-1522
Denial of service in the fetch routine.
- CAN-2005-1523
Format string vulnerability can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 20020409-1woody2.
For the testing distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.6.1-4.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 0.6.1-4.
We recommend that you upgrade your mailutils packages.
- CAN-2005-1520
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2.tar.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-doc_20020409-1woody2_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.