DSA-690-1 bsmtpd -- missing input sanitising

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-690-1 bsmtpd -- missing input sanitising

Date Reported:

25 Feb 2005

Affected Packages:

bsmtpd

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-0107.

More information:

Bastian Blank discovered a vulnerability in bsmtpd, a batched SMTP mailer for sendmail and postfix. Unsanitised addresses can cause the execution of arbitrary commands during alleged mail delivery.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.3pl8b-12woody1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.3pl8b-16.

We recommend that you upgrade your bsmtpd package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsmtpd/bsmtpd_2.3pl8b-12woody1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsmtpd/bsmtpd_2.3pl8b-12woody1.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsmtpd/bsmtpd_2.3pl8b.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsmtpd/bsmtpd_2.3pl8b-12woody1_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsmtpd/bsmtpd_2.3pl8b-12woody1_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsmtpd/bsmtpd_2.3pl8b-12woody1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsmtpd/bsmtpd_2.3pl8b-12woody1_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsmtpd/bsmtpd_2.3pl8b-12woody1_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsmtpd/bsmtpd_2.3pl8b-12woody1_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsmtpd/bsmtpd_2.3pl8b-12woody1_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsmtpd/bsmtpd_2.3pl8b-12woody1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsmtpd/bsmtpd_2.3pl8b-12woody1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsmtpd/bsmtpd_2.3pl8b-12woody1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsmtpd/bsmtpd_2.3pl8b-12woody1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.