Debian Security Advisory
DSA-278-1 sendmail -- char-to-int conversion
- Date Reported:
- 04 Apr 2003
- Affected Packages:
- sendmail
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 7230.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2003-0161.
CERT's vulnerabilities, advisories and incident notes: VU#897604, CA-2003-12. - More information:
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Michal Zalewski discovered a buffer overflow, triggered by a char to int conversion, in the address parsing code in sendmail, a widely used powerful, efficient, and scalable mail transport agent. This problem is potentially remotely exploitable.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 8.12.3-6.3.
For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in version 8.9.3-26.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 8.12.9-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your sendmail packages.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (potato)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.9.3-26.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.9.3-26.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.9.3.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.9.3-26.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.9.3-26_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.9.3-26_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.9.3-26_i386.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.9.3-26_m68k.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.9.3-26_powerpc.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.9.3-26_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-6.3.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-6.3.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-6.3.diff.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-doc_8.12.3-6.3_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.12.3-6.3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-6.3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-6.3_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.12.3-6.3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-6.3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-6.3_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.12.3-6.3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-6.3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-6.3_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.12.3-6.3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-6.3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-6.3_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.12.3-6.3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-6.3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-6.3_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.12.3-6.3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-6.3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-6.3_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.12.3-6.3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-6.3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-6.3_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.12.3-6.3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-6.3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-6.3_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.12.3-6.3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-6.3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-6.3_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.12.3-6.3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-6.3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-6.3_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/libmilter-dev_8.12.3-6.3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-6.3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.12.3-6.3_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the revised advisory.