-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 1090-1 security@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze June 6th, 2006 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : spamassassin Vulnerability : programming error Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2006-2447 A vulnerability has been discoverd in SpamAssassin, a Perl-based spam filter using text analysis, that can allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This problem only affects systems where spamd is reachable via the internet and used with vpopmail virtual users, via the "-v" / "--vpopmail" switch, and with the "-P" / "--paranoid" switch which is not the default setting on Debian. The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.3-2sarge1. For the volatile archive for the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.0a-0volatile3. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.3-1. We recommend that you upgrade your spamd 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 at the end of this advisory: 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 3.1 alias sarge - -------------------------------- Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/spamassassin/spamassassin_3.0.3-2sarge1.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 788 f9cce6d19fd73d0d62561a14672e9564 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/spamassassin/spamassassin_3.0.3-2sarge1.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 45414 8804e76766eefa4324509b94dc005afa http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/spamassassin/spamassassin_3.0.3.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 999558 ca96f23cd1eb7d663ab55db98ef8090c Architecture independent components: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/spamassassin/spamassassin_3.0.3-2sarge1_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 769158 c4f10367da201b11d09a1c15da946f3b Alpha architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/spamassassin/spamc_3.0.3-2sarge1_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 61720 3415e7c2962d21b897c6301c8ce88d8c AMD64 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/spamassassin/spamc_3.0.3-2sarge1_amd64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 59700 4ee41384f107a46440c74bd2c6ff3cd4 ARM architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/spamassassin/spamc_3.0.3-2sarge1_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 58494 909e85063300d2ddfc38270e19f39b9c Intel IA-32 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/spamassassin/spamc_3.0.3-2sarge1_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 57626 adb71b8190e535646d936333da1180ca Intel IA-64 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/spamassassin/spamc_3.0.3-2sarge1_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 65166 63435fc25e69eb3dcbdd95b9f682fbe5 HP Precision architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/spamassassin/spamc_3.0.3-2sarge1_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 60366 7eb8b16a9701e96f2298cb0506bc2aa9 Motorola 680x0 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/spamassassin/spamc_3.0.3-2sarge1_m68k.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 57672 66ca12aa5edec5380b6d8eb959fab045 Big endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/spamassassin/spamc_3.0.3-2sarge1_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 60362 98cf7bd2a3db3fa65b9f6ded3891a695 Little endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/spamassassin/spamc_3.0.3-2sarge1_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 60354 47bc85b216aad03d54f2a7a342cef760 PowerPC architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/spamassassin/spamc_3.0.3-2sarge1_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 60730 c408427db34e9d38c982190c8e8ff8d5 IBM S/390 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/spamassassin/spamc_3.0.3-2sarge1_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 59574 b3fc066015148c10ad11d4055a1a2289 Sun Sparc architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/spamassassin/spamc_3.0.3-2sarge1_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 58492 a20e3d4ed9fd9a9d013f380e0f4b3c33 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 v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEhUg2W5ql+IAeqTIRAqYvAJ9zROIt29/b4xbxABryGPfIyY1LmQCfeVAg HIBRtO9PaYZZAg7rsdQEcJs= =wS/1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----