DSA-722-1 smail -- buffer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-722-1 smail -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

09 May 2005

Affected Packages:

smail

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 301428.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-0892.

More information:

A buffer overflow has been discovered in Smail, an electronic mail transport system, which allows remote attackers and local users to execute arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.0.114-4woody1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.0.115-7.

We recommend that you upgrade your smail package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114-4woody1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114-4woody1.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114-4woody1_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114-4woody1_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114-4woody1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114-4woody1_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114-4woody1_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114-4woody1_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114-4woody1_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114-4woody1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114-4woody1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114-4woody1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114-4woody1_sparc.deb

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