Package : mailutils Vulnerability : several Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-1520 CAN-2005-1521 CAN-2005-1522 CAN-2005-1523
"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.
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 --------------------------------
