Debian: New bsmtpd packages fix arbitrary command execution
Summary
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 690-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze February 25th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package : bsmtpd Vulnerability : missing input sanitising Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-0107 Bastian Blank 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. Upgrade Instructions - --------------------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 - -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 580 a52f31e37ed84f6c77334d42b285d327 Size/MD5 checksum: 16757 25feec8311fd898c59a187c048876331 Size/MD5 checksum: 21212 d474faf9252f6ba381a57bb2f1aaf48d Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 34626 7e8281efce33079aa51426283369e1fd ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 32010 4d74ca73f494c8d6babf2c58b100b06b Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 30210 22fa9205cfd747abf64a1974efc25900 Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 39420 ebe934e628a84dd653b7f3f5c8d3db50 HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 33990 9b9252f3347b7e26e6057b655f6dfe1f Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 29404 1cd6143691b6f8c30d899e9a05db1be4 Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 32212 902f889f98881692e24c5cac80ac2046 Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 32270 8df7c0f9206a297352fe27ec2ed7aa10 PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 32036 05b57cae1bd29bae629836608ba6c6e1 IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 31982 25e56d69999ad2023e97952dd64a6471 Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 34962 f29ca8fd647fe459e173f1ed68b80d49 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
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