Neil McGovern
2005-Oct-13 12:58 UTC
[SECURITY] [DTSA-20-1] New mailutils packages fix Format string vulnerability
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Testing Security Advisory DTSA-20-1 October 13th, 2005 secure-testing-team@lists.alioth.debian.org Neil McGovern http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : mailutils Vulnerability : Format string vulnerability Problem-Scope : remote Debian-specific: No CVE ID : CAN-2005-2878 A format string vulnerability has been discovered in Mailutils. CAN-2005-2878 A format string vulnerability in search.c in the imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the SEARCH command. For the testing distribution (etch) this is fixed in version 1:0.6.90-2.1etch1 For the unstable distribution (sid) this is fixed in version 1:0.6.90-3 This upgrade is recommended if you use mailutils. The Debian testing security team does not track security issues for the stable (sarge) and oldstable (woody) distributions. If stable is vulnerable, the Debian security team will make an announcement once a fix is ready. Upgrade Instructions - -------------------- To use the Debian testing security archive, add the following lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing etch/security-updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing etch/security-updates main contrib non-free The archive signing key can be downloaded from http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/ziyi-2005-7.asc To install the update, run this command as root: apt-get update && apt-get upgrade For further information about the Debian testing security team, please refer to http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDTlnW97LBwbNFvdMRAhl9AKCMTlPlOOnz+gxcPxcsFs5LXnhFFQCfefHH KieeaNIDBjoorG8gdxXeOKo=qSFs -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----