DSA 690-1: New bsmtpd packages fix arbitrary command execution
Posted on: 02/25/2005 09:31 AM
New bsmtpd packages are available for Debian GNU/Linux
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------