- ------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA-1398-1                security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                         Noah Meyerhans
November 05, 2007                   http://www.debian.org/security/faq
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------Package        : perdition
Vulnerability  : format string error
Problem type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s)      : CVE-2007-5740
Debian Bug     : 448853

Bernhard Mueller of SEC Consult has discovered a format string
vulnerability in perdition, an IMAP proxy.  This vulnerabilty could
allow an unauthenticated remote user to run arbitrary code on the
perdition server by providing a specially formatted IMAP tag.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.17-7etch1

For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.15-5sarge1

We recommend that you upgrade your perdition 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 3.1 (oldstable)
- ----------------------Oldstable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.

Source archives:

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alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

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arm architecture (ARM)

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i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

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ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

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m68k architecture (Motorola Mc680x0)

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mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))

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mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))

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powerpc architecture (PowerPC)

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s390 architecture (IBM S/390)

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sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

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Debian 4.0 (stable)
- ---------------Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.

Source archives:

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alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

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amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

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arm architecture (ARM)

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i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

      Size/MD5 checksum:    15188 0890a10870f164a52fb0264892828a28
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ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

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mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))

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mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))

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powerpc architecture (PowerPC)

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s390 architecture (IBM S/390)

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sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

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  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

Debian: New perdition packages fix arbitrary code execution

November 5, 2007
Bernhard Mueller of SEC Consult has discovered a format string vulnerability in perdition, an IMAP proxy

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