Debian Security Advisory
DSA-722-1 smail -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 09 May 2005
- Affected Packages:
- smail
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 301428.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-0892. - More information:
-
A buffer overflow has been discovered in Smail, an electronic mail transport system, which allows remote attackers and local users to execute arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.0.114-4woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.0.115-7.
We recommend that you upgrade your smail package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114-4woody1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114-4woody1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114-4woody1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114-4woody1_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114-4woody1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114-4woody1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114-4woody1_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114-4woody1_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114-4woody1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114-4woody1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114-4woody1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114-4woody1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114-4woody1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smail/smail_3.2.0.114-4woody1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.