Debian: New exim-tls packages fix arbitrary code execution
Summary
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 637-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze January 13th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package : exim-tls Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-0021 Debian Bug : 289046 Philip Hazel announced a buffer overflow in the host_aton function in exim-tls, the SSL-enabled version of the default mail-tranport-agent in Debian, which can lead to the execution of arbitrary code via an illegal IPv6 address. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.35-3woody3. In the unstable distribution (sid) this package does not exist anymore. We recommend that you upgrade your exim-tls package. Upgrade Instructions - --------------------wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody - -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 677 059e83c496e959d01bcca0a11637b017 Size/MD5 checksum: 80492 90d594f60ae815a780faa5f9c9d1859d Size/MD5 checksum: 1271057 42d362e40a21bd7ffc298f92c8bd986a Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 873682 935e1dddb27a713d562b905c2951dea7 ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 784148 c97ded116303fe5ee1c4a9f741350c58 Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 759442 1477e25fe953ee209ec86a67a59306ba Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 974058 74cd3707971105a75398a0ce46e4bb80 HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 814316 56d73dab6e0bbd4df6068c5f9f065491 Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 736730 ba35f1bd8dcfaf6ef9f35aded9176cab Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 824408 0f8af4bf6f39d1dbb10e05e5717e3115 Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 825160 abfc0dc6c75fc7fafba89f6673bd1913 PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 792574 f8c3a2d72890f766a72a6ddc39f2ea31 IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 779236 aca9521a7b347d291e158a919cca0ed5 Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 782800 5e3a9478dc77a0943ce0c41611973c95 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org