Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1398-1 perdition -- format string error
- Date Reported:
- 05 Nov 2007
- Affected Packages:
- perdition
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 448853.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-5740. - More information:
-
Bernhard Mueller of SEC Consult has discovered a format string vulnerability in perdition, an IMAP proxy. This vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated remote user to run arbitrary code on the perdition server by providing a specially formatted IMAP tag.
For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 1.15-5sarge1.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.17-7etch1.
We recommend that you upgrade your perdition package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition_1.15-5sarge1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition_1.15.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition_1.15-5sarge1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition_1.15.orig.tar.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition_1.15-5sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-odbc_1.15-5sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-mysql_1.15-5sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-ldap_1.15-5sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-dev_1.15-5sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-postgresql_1.15-5sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-odbc_1.15-5sarge1_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-mysql_1.15-5sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-ldap_1.15-5sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-dev_1.15-5sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition_1.15-5sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-postgresql_1.15-5sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-odbc_1.15-5sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-ldap_1.15-5sarge1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition_1.15-5sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-ldap_1.15-5sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-mysql_1.15-5sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-dev_1.15-5sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-odbc_1.15-5sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-postgresql_1.15-5sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-ldap_1.15-5sarge1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-odbc_1.15-5sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-postgresql_1.15-5sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-mysql_1.15-5sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition_1.15-5sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-dev_1.15-5sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-ldap_1.15-5sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-postgresql_1.15-5sarge1_ia64.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-postgresql_1.15-5sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-dev_1.15-5sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition_1.15-5sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-ldap_1.15-5sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-odbc_1.15-5sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-mysql_1.15-5sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-dev_1.15-5sarge1_m68k.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-mysql_1.15-5sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-postgresql_1.15-5sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition_1.15-5sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-odbc_1.15-5sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-dev_1.15-5sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-ldap_1.15-5sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-postgresql_1.15-5sarge1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-mysql_1.15-5sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-odbc_1.15-5sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-postgresql_1.15-5sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition_1.15-5sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-dev_1.15-5sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-ldap_1.15-5sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-odbc_1.15-5sarge1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-ldap_1.15-5sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-dev_1.15-5sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-mysql_1.15-5sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-postgresql_1.15-5sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-odbc_1.15-5sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition_1.15-5sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-dev_1.15-5sarge1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-odbc_1.15-5sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-mysql_1.15-5sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-dev_1.15-5sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition_1.15-5sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-ldap_1.15-5sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-postgresql_1.15-5sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-mysql_1.15-5sarge1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition_1.15-5sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-odbc_1.15-5sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-postgresql_1.15-5sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-mysql_1.15-5sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-dev_1.15-5sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-ldap_1.15-5sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-odbc_1.15-5sarge1_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition_1.17.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition_1.17-7etch1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition_1.17-7etch1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition_1.17-7etch1.dsc
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-mysql_1.17-7etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-dev_1.17-7etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-ldap_1.17-7etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition_1.17-7etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-postgresql_1.17-7etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-odbc_1.17-7etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-dev_1.17-7etch1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition_1.17-7etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-mysql_1.17-7etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-odbc_1.17-7etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-postgresql_1.17-7etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-ldap_1.17-7etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-dev_1.17-7etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-mysql_1.17-7etch1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-mysql_1.17-7etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-dev_1.17-7etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-ldap_1.17-7etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-odbc_1.17-7etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition_1.17-7etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-postgresql_1.17-7etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-dev_1.17-7etch1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-mysql_1.17-7etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-postgresql_1.17-7etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-odbc_1.17-7etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition_1.17-7etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-ldap_1.17-7etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-dev_1.17-7etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-postgresql_1.17-7etch1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-ldap_1.17-7etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-dev_1.17-7etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition_1.17-7etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-odbc_1.17-7etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-postgresql_1.17-7etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-mysql_1.17-7etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-dev_1.17-7etch1_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-dev_1.17-7etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-ldap_1.17-7etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-mysql_1.17-7etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-odbc_1.17-7etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition_1.17-7etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-postgresql_1.17-7etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-ldap_1.17-7etch1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-mysql_1.17-7etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-postgresql_1.17-7etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-ldap_1.17-7etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-dev_1.17-7etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-odbc_1.17-7etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition_1.17-7etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-postgresql_1.17-7etch1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-postgresql_1.17-7etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-ldap_1.17-7etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-dev_1.17-7etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-mysql_1.17-7etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition_1.17-7etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-odbc_1.17-7etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-ldap_1.17-7etch1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-mysql_1.17-7etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-dev_1.17-7etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-ldap_1.17-7etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition_1.17-7etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-postgresql_1.17-7etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-odbc_1.17-7etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-dev_1.17-7etch1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-postgresql_1.17-7etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-dev_1.17-7etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-ldap_1.17-7etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-odbc_1.17-7etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition_1.17-7etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-mysql_1.17-7etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perdition/perdition-dev_1.17-7etch1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.