Debian Security Advisory

DSA-848-1 masqmail -- several vulnerabilities

Date Reported:
08 Oct 2005
Affected Packages:
masqmail
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-2662, CVE-2005-2663.
More information:

Jens Steube discovered two vulnerabilities in masqmail, a mailer for hosts without permanent internet connection. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

  • CAN-2005-2662

    When sending failed mail messages, the address is not sanitised, which allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands as the mail user.

  • CAN-2005-2663

    When opening the log file, masqmail does not relinquish privileges, which allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 0.1.16-2.2.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.2.20-1sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 0.2.20-1sarge1.

We recommend that you upgrade your masqmail package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.2.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.2.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.2_alpha.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.2_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.2_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.2_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.2_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.2_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.2_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.2_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.2.20-1sarge1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.2.20-1sarge1.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.2.20-1sarge1_alpha.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.2.20-1sarge1_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.2.20-1sarge1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.2.20-1sarge1_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.2.20-1sarge1_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.2.20-1sarge1_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.2.20-1sarge1_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.2.20-1sarge1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.2.20-1sarge1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.2.20-1sarge1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.2.20-1sarge1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.