-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 635-1 security@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze January 12th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : exim Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-0021 Debian Bug : 289046 Philip Hazel announced a buffer overflow in the host_aton function in exim, the default mail-tranport-agent in Debian, which can lead to the execution of arbitrary code via an illegal IPv6 address. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.35-1woody4. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.36-13 of exim and 4.34-10 of exim4. We recommend that you upgrade your exim and exim4 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 - -------------------------------- Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody4.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 661 d97ecab579bd3dbaa3e9be00b8b16d85 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody4.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 80195 a02abeefa9d1145ae623ad661aab5f5a http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 1271057 42d362e40a21bd7ffc298f92c8bd986a Alpha architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody4_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 872796 a46f5dc95d777366cb492eb57ec8dd9f http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 52318 bf93e35aec9f401d8413015c50f5cbae ARM architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody4_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 785980 5ced90e4c4ecd1ca6a60980634b309e8 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 43514 07b7324395ff66f68db354c6b4589db7 Intel IA-32 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody4_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 759270 9001a456b0a34f4bf5de88d901c70a97 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 39210 78e5eecee7101a355ddabec9d0f07b98 Intel IA-64 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody4_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 972852 43f4fc30483d8ad5c42e031fd64a9e8d http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 65166 cdc921d9be2ec60b5f0ed95a5b976732 HP Precision architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody4_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 815358 c506baffb4404f32762468fbc494551c http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 48294 d90efe5be79e966e07a7cbe8e9013939 Motorola 680x0 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody4_m68k.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 737856 aefe6b63ebd03e9fe449afe22e752547 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_m68k.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 37752 e0d2b938e50c3b408928b8150459ad2b Big endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody4_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 824458 0c1db679287a6de37f2c320f335c650c http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 48882 1670c36409482a8a870becf826f7ae68 Little endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody4_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 824846 88564f1d1b0c1781587d5db1bccdde77 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 48778 6a7002c766a84dd81eed39d23f8709d5 PowerPC architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody4_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 794244 abfa2009cd6417101d120a5980641012 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 44794 ea626fcb485a423fb56e61a1c4ae67e9 IBM S/390 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody4_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 780026 bc9a3b5488cd7ee72c290f86f601beec http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 43930 f50688c682bcaeabfbd47c9e46a06143 Sun Sparc architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody4_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 785298 1841407d21f544cf2645e373a6caad15 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody4_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 42444 632b5aadc5c930c7c3e956fef10d5ffe 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: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: debian-security-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB5NYXW5ql+IAeqTIRAhiwAJ9bFB2nUTdRloOJR7lrXZb3RVGVyACgqvrq gHFdp1F5IhQm3QmAv+sJrto= =OqTo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----