Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1015-1 sendmail -- programming error
- Date Reported:
- 23 Mar 2006
- Affected Packages:
- sendmail
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-0058.
CERT's vulnerabilities, advisories and incident notes: VU#834865. - More information:
-
Mark Dowd discovered a flaw in the handling of asynchronous signals in sendmail, a powerful, efficient, and scalable mail transport agent. This allows a remote attacker to exploit a race condition to execute arbitrary code as root.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 8.12.3-7.2.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 8.13.4-3sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 8.13.6-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your sendmail package immediately.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-7.2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-7.2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-7.2.diff.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-doc_8.12.3-7.2_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.12.3-7.2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-7.2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-7.2_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.12.3-7.2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-7.2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-7.2_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.12.3-7.2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-7.2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-7.2_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.12.3-7.2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-7.2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-7.2_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.12.3-7.2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-7.2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-7.2_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.12.3-7.2_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-7.2_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-7.2_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.12.3-7.2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-7.2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-7.2_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.12.3-7.2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-7.2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-7.2_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.12.3-7.2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-7.2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-7.2_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.12.3-7.2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-7.2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-7.2_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.12.3-7.2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-7.2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-7.2_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.13.4-3sarge1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.13.4-3sarge1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.13.4.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.13.4-3sarge1.diff.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-base_8.13.4-3sarge1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-cf_8.13.4-3sarge1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-doc_8.13.4-3sarge1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.13.4-3sarge1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-cf_8.13.4-3sarge1_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.13.4-3sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/rmail_8.13.4-3sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-bin_8.13.4-3sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sensible-mda_8.13.4-3sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.13.4-3sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/rmail_8.13.4-3sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-bin_8.13.4-3sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sensible-mda_8.13.4-3sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.13.4-3sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/rmail_8.13.4-3sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-bin_8.13.4-3sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sensible-mda_8.13.4-3sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.13.4-3sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/rmail_8.13.4-3sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-bin_8.13.4-3sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sensible-mda_8.13.4-3sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.13.4-3sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/rmail_8.13.4-3sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-bin_8.13.4-3sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sensible-mda_8.13.4-3sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge1_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.13.4-3sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/rmail_8.13.4-3sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-bin_8.13.4-3sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sensible-mda_8.13.4-3sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge1_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.13.4-3sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/rmail_8.13.4-3sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-bin_8.13.4-3sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sensible-mda_8.13.4-3sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.13.4-3sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/rmail_8.13.4-3sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-bin_8.13.4-3sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sensible-mda_8.13.4-3sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.13.4-3sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/rmail_8.13.4-3sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-bin_8.13.4-3sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sensible-mda_8.13.4-3sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.13.4-3sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/rmail_8.13.4-3sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-bin_8.13.4-3sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sensible-mda_8.13.4-3sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.13.4-3sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/rmail_8.13.4-3sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-bin_8.13.4-3sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sensible-mda_8.13.4-3sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.13.4-3sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/rmail_8.13.4-3sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-bin_8.13.4-3sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sensible-mda_8.13.4-3sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.