__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN bsmtpd [Debian Security Advisory DSA-690-1] February 25, 2005 19:00 GMT Number P-146 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: There is a vulnerability in bsmtpd, a batched SMTP mailer for sendmail and postfix. PLATFORM: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody DAMAGE: Unsanitised addresses can cause the execution of arbitrary commands during alleged mail delivery. SOLUTION: Upgrade to the appropriate version. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. Unsanitised addresses can cause the ASSESSMENT: execution of arbitrary commands during alleged mail delivery ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-146.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-690 CVE/CAN: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= CAN-2005-0107 ______________________________________________________________________________ [***** Start Debian Security Advisory DSA-690-1 *****] Debian Security Advisory DSA-690-1 bsmtpd -- missing input sanitising Date Reported: 25 Feb 2005 Affected Packages: bsmtpd Vulnerable: Yes Security database references: In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CAN-2005-0107. More information: Bastian Blank discovered a vulnerability in bsmtpd, a batched SMTP mailer for sendmail and postfix. Unsanitised addresses can cause the execution of arbitrary commands during alleged mail delivery. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.3pl8b-12woody1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.3pl8b-16. We recommend that you upgrade your bsmtpd package. Fixed in: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody) Source: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsmtpd/bsmtpd_2.3pl8b-12woody1 .dsc http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsmtpd/bsmtpd_2.3pl8b-12woody1. diff.gz http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsmtpd/bsmtpd_2.3pl8b.orig.tar. gz Alpha: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsmtpd/bsmtpd_2.3pl8b-12woody1_ alpha.deb ARM: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsmtpd/bsmtpd_2.3pl8b-12woody1_ arm.deb Intel IA-32: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsmtpd/bsmtpd_2.3pl8b-12woody1_ i386.deb Intel IA-64: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsmtpd/bsmtpd_2.3pl8b-12woody1_ ia64.deb HPPA: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsmtpd/bsmtpd_2.3pl8b-12woody1_ hppa.deb Motorola 680x0: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsmtpd/bsmtpd_2.3pl8b-12woody1_ m68k.deb Big endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsmtpd/bsmtpd_2.3pl8b-12woody1_ mips.deb Little endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsmtpd/bsmtpd_2.3pl8b-12woody1_ mipsel.deb PowerPC: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsmtpd/bsmtpd_2.3pl8b-12woody1_ powerpc.deb IBM S/390: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsmtpd/bsmtpd_2.3pl8b-12woody1_ s390.deb Sun Sparc: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsmtpd/bsmtpd_2.3pl8b-12woody1_ sparc.deb MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory. 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