Debian Security Advisory
DSA-376-2 exim -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 04 Sep 2003
- Affected Packages:
- exim, exim-tls
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 8518.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2003-0743. - More information:
-
A buffer overflow exists in exim, which is the standard mail transport agent in Debian. By supplying a specially crafted HELO or EHLO command, an attacker could cause a constant string to be written past the end of a buffer allocated on the heap. This vulnerability is not believed at this time to be exploitable to execute arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in exim version 3.35-1woody2 and exim-tls version 3.35-3woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in exim version 3.36-8. The unstable distribution does not contain an exim-tls package.
We recommend that you update your exim or exim-tls package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim-tls/exim-tls_3.35-3woody1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim-tls/exim-tls_3.35-3woody1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim-tls/exim-tls_3.35.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody2.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim-tls/exim-tls_3.35-3woody1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody2_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim-tls/exim-tls_3.35-3woody1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody2_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim-tls/exim-tls_3.35-3woody1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody2_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim-tls/exim-tls_3.35-3woody1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody2_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim-tls/exim-tls_3.35-3woody1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody2_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody2_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody2_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim-tls/exim-tls_3.35-3woody1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody2_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim-tls/exim-tls_3.35-3woody1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody2_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim-tls/exim-tls_3.35-3woody1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody2_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim-tls/exim-tls_3.35-3woody1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody2_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim-tls/exim-tls_3.35-3woody1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody2_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/exim_3.35-1woody2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim-tls/exim-tls_3.35-3woody1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exim/eximon_3.35-1woody2_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.