===================================================================== CERT-Renater Note d'Information No. 2005/VULN723 _____________________________________________________________________ DATE : 18/11/2005 HARDWARE PLATFORM(S) : / OPERATING SYSTEM(S) : Systems running fetchmail. ====================================================================== - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 900-1 security at debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze November 18th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : fetchmail Vulnerability : programming error Problem type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2005-3088 Debian Bug : 336096 Thomas Wolff discovered that the fetchmailconfig program which is provided as part of fetchmail, an SSL enabled POP3, APOP, IMAP mail gatherer/forwarder, creates the new configuration in an insecure fashion that can lead to leaking passwords for mail accounts to local users. This update also fixes a regression in the package for stable caused by the last security update. For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 5.9.11-6.3. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 6.2.5-12sarge3. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 6.2.5.4-1. We recommend that you upgrade your fetchmail package. Upgrade Instructions - -------------------- wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody - -------------------------------- Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_5.9.11-6.3.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 712 a0202bbfb89a964b38465ab99dac26ed http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_5.9.11-6.3.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 300489 a43d4b0751865e409d127f6569d78524 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_5.9.11.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 950273 fff00cbf7be1d01a17605fee23ac96dd Architecture independent components: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail-common_5.9.11-6.3_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 165446 303e0f26a717123abc01d437b4cf1974 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmailconf_5.9.11-6.3_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 92808 e0a1f45234ad0b383dae4247022ff6ba Alpha architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_5.9.11-6.3_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 307102 8d4c758ec374023ec8f140f3b2eef52d ARM architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_5.9.11-6.3_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 290750 e41f41c442f557d0aa2e38cb40a7efeb Intel IA-32 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_5.9.11-6.3_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 286466 c5dff26534fdc8c64a79192221885788 Intel IA-64 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_5.9.11-6.3_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 329958 8f1065e6d3cf76ba2f79b09ac07bdd0e HP Precision architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_5.9.11-6.3_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 299072 24ed41433f2a9ef4892bf824b1993c3e Motorola 680x0 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_5.9.11-6.3_m68k.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 281252 a43b569cba25dcac5dbcdb536c3aefd7 Big endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_5.9.11-6.3_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 296526 3af7a165324f15a03d7692ccaef40afb Little endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_5.9.11-6.3_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 296000 76f6728f33f773675d82b13d633eaab2 PowerPC architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_5.9.11-6.3_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 291508 0220931bcbacb71e6fa7e779c8ef4e47 IBM S/390 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_5.9.11-6.3_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 288954 4489b6d67616d3a3f7a3e32d0cc37f69 Sun Sparc architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_5.9.11-6.3_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 293570 292404ed1be18eba63d9405e71381701 Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge - -------------------------------- Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_6.2.5-12sarge3.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 650 6dd801f3e8877367a3000f1facc0126d http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_6.2.5-12sarge3.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 150051 4d0139fa9e5454ab9fdc6f1eb48283e0 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_6.2.5.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 1257376 9956b30139edaa4f5f77c4d0dbd80225 Architecture independent components: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail-ssl_6.2.5-12sarge3_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 42164 3fbfce00d6a72c377a86e0cb95824705 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmailconf_6.2.5-12sarge3_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 101250 04f2e561760abcd1c66aeec0c0b117f6 Alpha architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_6.2.5-12sarge3_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 572866 f4e4242c913c81d52bf9a42e66159506 AMD64 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_6.2.5-12sarge3_amd64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 555584 314cbb3efc21c4470c854a7399fd1155 ARM architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_6.2.5-12sarge3_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 549084 56ea374911ac1d67350f2a0d1e8ac70f Intel IA-32 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_6.2.5-12sarge3_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 547594 593b3e0674a1cdc1c21a408182f0bcb2 Intel IA-64 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_6.2.5-12sarge3_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 596932 91869ec27cc91940fb2894424cd10826 HP Precision architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_6.2.5-12sarge3_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 561514 4f99dcd9b420193560c634538e84bd42 Motorola 680x0 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_6.2.5-12sarge3_m68k.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 537822 89797886e97b38be63f159e70160573b Big endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_6.2.5-12sarge3_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 556576 5a7959621e3316944a7990bad898c6e4 Little endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_6.2.5-12sarge3_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 556324 8ec394bd9a4fcb73b6a416f0f15a5aad PowerPC architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_6.2.5-12sarge3_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 556144 6437a64037de6c104f815db8a2e3de82 IBM S/390 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_6.2.5-12sarge3_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 554390 0aa60368270eef9d254fb6a24bda535e Sun Sparc architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_6.2.5-12sarge3_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 549088 4420c57d6f0489df813bf72459e45e5e These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - 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