DSA-732-1 mailutils -- several vulnerabilities

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-732-1 mailutils -- several vulnerabilities

Date Reported:

03 Jun 2005

Affected Packages:

mailutils

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-1520, CVE-2005-1521, CVE-2005-1522, CVE-2005-1523.

More information:

"infamous41md" discovered several vulnerabilities in the GNU mailutils package which contains utilities for handling mail. These problems can lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities.

• CAN-2005-1520

  Buffer overflow mail header handling may allow a remote attacker to execute commands with the privileges of the targeted user.

• CAN-2005-1521

  Combined integer and heap overflow in the fetch routine can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

• CAN-2005-1522

  Denial of service in the fetch routine.

• CAN-2005-1523

  Format string vulnerability can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 20020409-1woody2.

For the testing distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.6.1-4.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 0.6.1-4.

We recommend that you upgrade your mailutils packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2.tar.gz

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-doc_20020409-1woody2_all.deb

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0_20020409-1woody2_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/libmailutils0-dev_20020409-1woody2_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_20020409-1woody2_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-imap4d_20020409-1woody2_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailutils/mailutils-pop3d_20020409-1woody2_sparc.deb

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