Debian Security Advisory DSA 485-1                     security@debian.org 
Debian -- Security Information                              Matt Zimmerman
April 14th, 2004                          Debian -- Debian security FAQ 
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Package        : ssmtp
Vulnerability  : format string
Problem-Type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Ids        : CAN-2004-0156

Max Vozeler discovered two format string vulnerabilities in ssmtp, a
simple mail transport agent.  Untrusted values in the functions die()
and log_event() were passed to printf-like functions as format
strings.  These vulnerabilities could potentially be exploited by a
remote mail relay to gain the privileges of the ssmtp process
(including potentially root).

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem will be fixed
in version 2.50.6.1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you update your ssmtp package.

Upgrade Instructions
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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
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  Source archives:

      
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  Alpha architecture:

      
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  ARM architecture:

      
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  Intel IA-32 architecture:

      
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  Intel IA-64 architecture:

      
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  HP Precision architecture:

      
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  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    25870 845aec84ff6a0bda0d41c9408aa6db35

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    27346 fd8ffe053e266e1209dd821209e03051

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    27340 7549f22f6bcf6c6adfd9caf1aac1f5da

  PowerPC architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    26182 5113c9871cae26e5cd24ca01dd5db30b

  IBM S/390 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    26984 3a8dd685a65f9b4e84f1025168fdfa3a

  Sun Sparc architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    29152 d4460c1db6fd727129a576329136866d

  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next revision.

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