DSA-671-1 xemacs21 -- format string

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-671-1 xemacs21 -- format string

Date Reported:

08 Feb 2005

Affected Packages:

xemacs21

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-0100.

More information:

Max Vozeler discovered several format string vulnerabilities in the movemail utility of Emacs, the well-known editor. Via connecting to a malicious POP server an attacker can execute arbitrary code under the privileges of group mail.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 21.4.6-8woody2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 21.4.16-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your emacs packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21_21.4.6-8woody2.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21_21.4.6-8woody2.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21_21.4.6.orig.tar.gz

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-support_21.4.6-8woody2_all.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-supportel_21.4.6-8woody2_all.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21_21.4.6-8woody2_all.deb

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-bin_21.4.6-8woody2_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-bin_21.4.6-8woody2_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-bin_21.4.6-8woody2_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-bin_21.4.6-8woody2_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_ia64.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-bin_21.4.6-8woody2_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-bin_21.4.6-8woody2_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-bin_21.4.6-8woody2_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-bin_21.4.6-8woody2_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-bin_21.4.6-8woody2_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_sparc.deb

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