Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1164-1 sendmail -- programming error
- Date Reported:
- 31 Aug 2006
- Affected Packages:
- sendmail
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 385054.
In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 19714.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-4434. - More information:
-
A programming error has been discovered in sendmail, an alternative mail transport agent for Debian, that could allow a remote attacker to crash the sendmail process by sending a specially crafted email message.
Please note that in order to install this update you also need libsasl2 library from proposed updates as outlined in DSA 1155-2.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 8.13.3-3sarge3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 8.13.8-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your sendmail package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.13.4-3sarge3.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.13.4-3sarge3.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_8.13.4-3sarge3.diff.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-base_8.13.4-3sarge3_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-cf_8.13.4-3sarge3_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-doc_8.13.4-3sarge3_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.13.4-3sarge3_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-cf_8.13.4-3sarge3_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.13.4-3sarge3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/rmail_8.13.4-3sarge3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-bin_8.13.4-3sarge3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sensible-mda_8.13.4-3sarge3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge3_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.13.4-3sarge3_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge3_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/rmail_8.13.4-3sarge3_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-bin_8.13.4-3sarge3_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sensible-mda_8.13.4-3sarge3_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge3_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.13.4-3sarge3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/rmail_8.13.4-3sarge3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-bin_8.13.4-3sarge3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sensible-mda_8.13.4-3sarge3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge3_arm.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.13.4-3sarge3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/rmail_8.13.4-3sarge3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-bin_8.13.4-3sarge3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sensible-mda_8.13.4-3sarge3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge3_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.13.4-3sarge3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/rmail_8.13.4-3sarge3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-bin_8.13.4-3sarge3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sensible-mda_8.13.4-3sarge3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge3_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.13.4-3sarge3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/rmail_8.13.4-3sarge3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-bin_8.13.4-3sarge3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sensible-mda_8.13.4-3sarge3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge3_ia64.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.13.4-3sarge3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/rmail_8.13.4-3sarge3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-bin_8.13.4-3sarge3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sensible-mda_8.13.4-3sarge3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge3_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.13.4-3sarge3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/rmail_8.13.4-3sarge3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-bin_8.13.4-3sarge3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sensible-mda_8.13.4-3sarge3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge3_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.13.4-3sarge3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/rmail_8.13.4-3sarge3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-bin_8.13.4-3sarge3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sensible-mda_8.13.4-3sarge3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge3_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.13.4-3sarge3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/rmail_8.13.4-3sarge3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-bin_8.13.4-3sarge3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sensible-mda_8.13.4-3sarge3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge3_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.13.4-3sarge3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/rmail_8.13.4-3sarge3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-bin_8.13.4-3sarge3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sensible-mda_8.13.4-3sarge3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge3_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.13.4-3sarge3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/rmail_8.13.4-3sarge3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-bin_8.13.4-3sarge3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sensible-mda_8.13.4-3sarge3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter0_8.13.4-3sarge3_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.