Neil McGovern
2005-Oct-13 12:58 UTC
[Secure-testing-commits] r2403 - data/DTSA data/DTSA/advs data/DTSA/hints website/DTSA
Author: neilm
Date: 2005-10-13 12:57:31 +0000 (Thu, 13 Oct 2005)
New Revision: 2403
Added:
website/DTSA/DTSA-20-1.html
Modified:
data/DTSA/advs/20-mailutils.adv
data/DTSA/hints/neilm
data/DTSA/list
Log:
Releasing mailutils (DTSA-20-1)
Modified: data/DTSA/advs/20-mailutils.adv
==================================================================---
data/DTSA/advs/20-mailutils.adv 2005-10-13 10:28:26 UTC (rev 2402)
+++ data/DTSA/advs/20-mailutils.adv 2005-10-13 12:57:31 UTC (rev 2403)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
source: mailutils
-date: October 4th, 2005
-author: Neil Mcgovern
+date: October 13th, 2005
+author: Neil McGovern
vuln-type: Format string vulnerability
problem-scope: remote
debian-specifc: no
Modified: data/DTSA/hints/neilm
==================================================================---
data/DTSA/hints/neilm 2005-10-13 10:28:26 UTC (rev 2402)
+++ data/DTSA/hints/neilm 2005-10-13 12:57:31 UTC (rev 2403)
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
sync cgiwrap/3.9-3.0etch1
sync php4/4:4.3.10-16etch1
sync clamav/0.86.2-4etch2
+sync mailutils/1:0.6.90-2.1etch1
Modified: data/DTSA/list
==================================================================---
data/DTSA/list 2005-10-13 10:28:26 UTC (rev 2402)
+++ data/DTSA/list 2005-10-13 12:57:31 UTC (rev 2403)
@@ -51,3 +51,7 @@
[September 22nd, 2005] DTSA-19-1 clamav - buffer overflow and infinate loop
problems
{CAN-2005-2919 CAN-2005-2920 }
- clamav 0.86.2-4etch2
+[October 13th, 2005] DTSA-20-1 mailutils - Format string vulnerability
+ {CAN-2005-2878 }
+ - mailutils 1:0.6.90-2.1etch1
+ TODO: unreleased
Added: website/DTSA/DTSA-20-1.html
==================================================================---
website/DTSA/DTSA-20-1.html 2005-10-13 10:28:26 UTC (rev 2402)
+++ website/DTSA/DTSA-20-1.html 2005-10-13 12:57:31 UTC (rev 2403)
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
+ <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
content="text/html; charset=iso8859-1">
+ <title>Debian testing security team - Advisory</title>
+ <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"
href="../style.css">
+ <link rel="shortcut icon"
href="http://www.debian.org/favicon.ico">
+ </head>
+ <body>
+ <div align="center">
+ <a href="http://www.debian.org/">
+
+ <img src="http://www.debian.org/logos/openlogo-nd-50.png"
border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0"
alt=""></a>
+ <a href="http://www.debian.org/">
+ <img src="http://www.debian.org/Pics/debian.png"
border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" alt="Debian
Project"></a>
+ </div>
+ <br />
+ <table class="reddy" width="100%">
+ <tr>
+ <td class="reddy">
+ <img src="http://www.debian.org/Pics/red-upperleft.png"
align="left" border="0" hspace="0"
vspace="0"
+ alt="" width="15" height="16"></td>
+
+ <td rowspan="2" class="reddy">Debian testing
security team - Advisory</td>
+ <td class="reddy">
+ <img src="http://www.debian.org/Pics/red-upperright.png"
align="right" border="0" hspace="0"
vspace="0"
+ alt="" width="16" height="16"></td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="reddy">
+ <img src="http://www.debian.org/Pics/red-lowerleft.png"
align="left" border="0" hspace="0"
vspace="0"
+ alt="" width="16" height="16"></td>
+ <td class="reddy">
+
+ <img src="http://www.debian.org/Pics/red-lowerright.png"
align="right" border="0" hspace="0"
vspace="0"
+ alt="" width="15" height="16"></td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+
+<!-- header -->
+<h2>DTSA-20-1</h2>
+<dl>
+<dt>Date Reported:</dt>
+<dd>October 13th, 2005</dd>
+<dt>Affected Package:</dt>
+<dd><a
href=''http://packages.debian.org/src:mailutils''>mailutils</a></dd>
+<dt>Vulnerability:</dt>
+<dd>Format string vulnerability</dd>
+<dt>Problem-Scope:</dt>
+<dd>remote</dd>
+<dt>Debian-specific:</dt>
+<dd>No<br></dd>
+<dt>CVE:</dt>
+<dd>
+<a
href=''http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2878''>CAN-2005-2878</a>
+<br></dd>
+<br><dt>More information:</dt>
+<dd>A format string vulnerability has been discovered in
Mailutils. <br>
+ <br>
+CAN-2005-2878 <br>
+ A format string vulnerability in search.c in the imap4d server in
GNU <br>
+ Mailutils 0.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code
via <br>
+ format string specifiers in the SEARCH command. <br>
+</dd>
+<br><dt>For the testing distribution (etch) this is fixed in
version 1:0.6.90-2.1etch1</dt>
+<dt>For the unstable distribution (sid) this is fixed in version
1:0.6.90-3</dt>
+<br><dt>This upgrade is recommended if you use mailutils.<dt>
+<br><dt>If you have the secure testing lines in your sources.list,
you can update by running this command as root:</dt>
+
+<dd>apt-get update && apt-get upgrade</dd>
+<br>
+
+<br>
+<dt>To use the Debian testing security archive, add the following lines
to your /etc/apt/sources.list:<dt>
+<br>
+<dd>deb http://secure-testing-mirrors.debian.net/debian-secure-testing
etch-proposed-updates/security-updates main contrib non-free</dd>
+<dd>deb-src
http://secure-testing-mirrors.debian.net/debian-secure-testing
etch-proposed-updates/security-updates main contrib non-free</dd>
+<br>
+<dt>The archive signing key can be downloaded from<dt>
+<dd><a
href=''http://secure-testing.debian.net/ziyi-2005-7.asc''>http://secure-testing.debian.net/ziyi-2005-7.asc</a><dd>
+
+<br>
+
+<!-- footer -->
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+ <img border="0"
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+</body></html>
+