Debian Security Advisory
DSA-671-1 xemacs21 -- format string
- Date Reported:
- 08 Feb 2005
- Affected Packages:
- xemacs21
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-0100.
- More information:
-
Max Vozeler discovered several format string vulnerabilities in the movemail utility of Emacs, the well-known editor. Via connecting to a malicious POP server an attacker can execute arbitrary code under the privileges of group mail.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 21.4.6-8woody2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 21.4.16-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your emacs packages.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21_21.4.6-8woody2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21_21.4.6-8woody2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21_21.4.6.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21_21.4.6-8woody2.diff.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-support_21.4.6-8woody2_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-supportel_21.4.6-8woody2_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21_21.4.6-8woody2_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-supportel_21.4.6-8woody2_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-bin_21.4.6-8woody2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-bin_21.4.6-8woody2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-bin_21.4.6-8woody2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-bin_21.4.6-8woody2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_ia64.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-bin_21.4.6-8woody2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-bin_21.4.6-8woody2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-bin_21.4.6-8woody2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-bin_21.4.6-8woody2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-bin_21.4.6-8woody2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-mule-canna-wnn_21.4.6-8woody2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-nomule_21.4.6-8woody2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xemacs21/xemacs21-gnome-mule_21.4.6-8woody2_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.