-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 637-1 security@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze January 13th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : exim-tls 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-tls, the SSL-enabled version of 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 3.35-3woody3. In the unstable distribution (sid) this package does not exist anymore. We recommend that you upgrade your exim-tls 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: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim-tls/exim-tls_3.35-3woody3.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 677 059e83c496e959d01bcca0a11637b017 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim-tls/exim-tls_3.35-3woody3.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 80492 90d594f60ae815a780faa5f9c9d1859d http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim-tls/exim-tls_3.35.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 1271057 42d362e40a21bd7ffc298f92c8bd986a Alpha architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim-tls/exim-tls_3.35-3woody3_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 873682 935e1dddb27a713d562b905c2951dea7 ARM architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim-tls/exim-tls_3.35-3woody3_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 784148 c97ded116303fe5ee1c4a9f741350c58 Intel IA-32 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim-tls/exim-tls_3.35-3woody3_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 759442 1477e25fe953ee209ec86a67a59306ba Intel IA-64 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim-tls/exim-tls_3.35-3woody3_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 974058 74cd3707971105a75398a0ce46e4bb80 HP Precision architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim-tls/exim-tls_3.35-3woody3_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 814316 56d73dab6e0bbd4df6068c5f9f065491 Motorola 680x0 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim-tls/exim-tls_3.35-3woody3_m68k.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 736730 ba35f1bd8dcfaf6ef9f35aded9176cab Big endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim-tls/exim-tls_3.35-3woody3_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 824408 0f8af4bf6f39d1dbb10e05e5717e3115 Little endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim-tls/exim-tls_3.35-3woody3_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 825160 abfc0dc6c75fc7fafba89f6673bd1913 PowerPC architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim-tls/exim-tls_3.35-3woody3_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 792574 f8c3a2d72890f766a72a6ddc39f2ea31 IBM S/390 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim-tls/exim-tls_3.35-3woody3_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 779236 aca9521a7b347d291e158a919cca0ed5 Sun Sparc architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim-tls/exim-tls_3.35-3woody3_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 782800 5e3a9478dc77a0943ce0c41611973c95 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) iD8DBQFB5iL8W5ql+IAeqTIRAn1eAJwMSHPcsyO1ErWCQmEPMsxFf/PQXwCfetsH suc9pTv73NqZRAKBio6LQz0= =toCp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----