Debian: New metamail packages fix arbitrary code execution
Summary
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 995-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Steve Kemp March 13th, 2006 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package : metamail Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2006-0709 BugTraq ID : 16611 Debian Bug : 352482 Ulf Harnhammar discoverd a buffer overflow in metamail, an implementation of MIME (Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions), that could lead to a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code when processing messages. For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.7-45woody.4. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.7-47sarge1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.7-51. We recommend that you upgrade your metamail 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: 613 6ee8aeff0f14e5d799a670fe727039c7 Size/MD5 checksum: 333628 22588d5a91f53fdc1a6458c5519d2512 Size/MD5 checksum: 156656 c6967e9bc5d3c919764b02df24efca01 Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 166084 a45a36ff283de7cb3ab3e43694f90c45 ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 153404 52e740cb6dbc32c860da10010bb90571 Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 150578 4d3e962558adfd7f43859b9f7fd30450 Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 205790 1e9d9f11ca4fbb1863db2e205d808c23 HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 153406 7897b81f6f0ee82abbcf415e258d8c9d Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 146400 a3cc53e414d0e60e54e4ac92849b4d0d Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 158558 82cd3b0bb263e24f0a6f7c500a01d0af Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 158562 b0a037641e1fa292decffa319cf75daf PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 148694 f326ccce8fd7cf2445e0f716fcc65143 IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 151512 ad0e4e1d1ee73ac300e4f1dc07bcfb5d Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 155492 cf37f006621cbff83fb236afd8bfc223 Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge - -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 594 3131f64cf684d62318636b8589acbc94 Size/MD5 checksum: 340408 165af1d9cff83f10103ebddfdb90f2ad Size/MD5 checksum: 156656 c6967e9bc5d3c919764b02df24efca01 Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 168190 f31837660b8971eecd951def396c0379 AMD64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 160420 ff733653f1d7df67115d61fa8df86406 ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 154186 937894d91d29082fa76ffea6d54e756f Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 148676 58b08e364eefebe313a6fb6308ed5bf9 Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 198062 fce924b058a6b833bf18f9f2ecbc4456 HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 159538 7bd1f8661de8ef52f7391022a12b023b Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 148334 03af976c9a4f9e84493b8740ec97d459 Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 166488 c228360db9655a46526ae72ff190d170 Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 166320 120c2c081b45c4d7d90a58e65a11f984 PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 160878 ada001589f143bbe6215f12507ce6c4c IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 158718 0f70d83bff2a30d8dab1d798072d4157 Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 152086 b4776767e71f5202a4a188d032762b24 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
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