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ESB-2006.0083 -- [UNIX/Linux][Debian] -- New mailman packages fix denial of service

Date: 27 January 2006
References: ESB-2006.0174  

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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                   ESB-2006.0083 -- [UNIX/Linux][Debian]
                New mailman packages fix denial of service
                              27 January 2006

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           mailman
Publisher:         Debian
Operating System:  Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
                   UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact:            Denial of Service
Access:            Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names:         CVE-2005-4153 CVE-2005-3573

Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-955

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 955-1                     security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                              Michael Stone
January 25th, 2006                      http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : clamav
Vulnerability  : DoS
Problem type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE IDs        : CVE-2005-3573, CVE-2005-4153
Debian Bug     : 339095, 326024

Two denial of service bugs were found in the mailman list server. In
one, attachment filenames containing UTF8 strings were not properly
parsed, which could cause the server to crash. In another, a message
containing a bad date string could cause a server crash.

The old stable distribution (woody) is not vulnerable to this issue.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1.5-8sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1.5-10.

We recommend that you upgrade your mailman package immediately.


Upgrade Instructions
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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 3.1 alias sarge
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  Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailman/mailman_2.1.5-8sarge1.dsc
      Size/MD5 checksum:      738 da48d99072879f627fbba7d57f8b9449
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailman/mailman_2.1.5-8sarge1.diff.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:   188686 f6b707d6165c4e2def0a37ecaa9d0237
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailman/mailman_2.1.5.orig.tar.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:  5745912 f5f56f04747cd4aff67427e7a45631af

  Alpha architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailman/mailman_2.1.5-8sarge1_alpha.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:  6612108 0c91e09a0ac1b146f9c9b2a5567b6b62

  AMD64 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailman/mailman_2.1.5-8sarge1_amd64.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:  6610470 971f05595431464b627c9f0d782c3f3d

  ARM architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailman/mailman_2.1.5-8sarge1_arm.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:  6610082 7c1f992caa3bd026a0e0a0d0fb2da90b

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailman/mailman_2.1.5-8sarge1_i386.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:  6611458 6887debd5526800e45691c7f69a67004

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailman/mailman_2.1.5-8sarge1_ia64.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:  6611922 6608017e09f4cf2103677ea2abc0ab64

  HP Precision architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailman/mailman_2.1.5-8sarge1_hppa.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:  6617272 21dc663d4ff65619a0eb5ba1efb2fd38

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailman/mailman_2.1.5-8sarge1_m68k.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:  6616562 34978e9fe8dd54ed594ea8aac7f524e1

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailman/mailman_2.1.5-8sarge1_mips.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:  6660790 18c26f54237f2c2debbe979f6f2ab4dc

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailman/mailman_2.1.5-8sarge1_mipsel.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:  6652282 458f7ada6fad580545d54a67e3c75dad

  PowerPC architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailman/mailman_2.1.5-8sarge1_powerpc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:  6617334 a79738f25904b0cca44a2eda89322014

  IBM S/390 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailman/mailman_2.1.5-8sarge1_s390.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:  6616708 f09da905ce4d8e521002850a466dcaf7

  Sun Sparc architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mailman/mailman_2.1.5-8sarge1_sparc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:  6616064 343a2acc7348c2c547922ecc79ad4c1a

  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next update.

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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>

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