Debian Security Advisory
DSA-848-1 masqmail -- several vulnerabilities
- Date Reported:
- 08 Oct 2005
- Affected Packages:
- masqmail
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-2662, CVE-2005-2663.
- More information:
-
Jens Steube discovered two vulnerabilities in masqmail, a mailer for hosts without permanent internet connection. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
- CAN-2005-2662
When sending failed mail messages, the address is not sanitised, which allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands as the mail user.
- CAN-2005-2663
When opening the log file, masqmail does not relinquish privileges, which allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 0.1.16-2.2.
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.2.20-1sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 0.2.20-1sarge1.
We recommend that you upgrade your masqmail package.
- CAN-2005-2662
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.2.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.2_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.2_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.2_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.2_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.2_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.2_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.2_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.2_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.2_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.2_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.2_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.2.20-1sarge1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.2.20-1sarge1.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.2.20-1sarge1.tar.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.2.20-1sarge1_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.2.20-1sarge1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.2.20-1sarge1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.2.20-1sarge1_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.2.20-1sarge1_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.2.20-1sarge1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.2.20-1sarge1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.2.20-1sarge1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.2.20-1sarge1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.2.20-1sarge1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.2.20-1sarge1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.