__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN "cyrus-imapd" Buffer Overflow [Debian Security Advisory DSA-597-1] November 30, 2004 18:00 GMT Number P-043 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: Serveral vulnerabilities have been found in the Cyrus IMAP Server/daemon. Among these are boundary and validation errors. PLATFORM: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody) SOFTWARE: Cyrus IMAP Server versions 2.2.8 and prior DAMAGE: At worst, remote attackers could gain root access. Arbitrary code could be executed. SOLUTION: Update to Cyrus IMAP Server v2.2.9 or apply appropriate vendor supplied packages. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is HIGH. Root access could be gained by remote ASSESSMENT: attackers. Arbitrary code may be executed. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-043.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-597 ADDITIONAL INFO: http://secunia.com/advisories/13274 CVE/CAN: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= CAN-2004-1012, CAN-2004-1013 ______________________________________________________________________________ [***** Start Debian Security Advisory DSA-597-1 *****] Debian Security Advisory DSA-597-1 cyrus-imapd -- buffer overflow Date Reported: 25 Nov 2004 Affected Packages: cyrus-imapd Vulnerable: Yes Security database references: In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 282681. In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CAN-2004-1012, CAN-2004-1013. More information: Stefan Esser discovered several security related problems in the Cyrus IMAP daemon. Due to a bug in the command parser it is possible to access memory beyond the allocated buffer in two places which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.5.19-9.2 For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 2.1.17-1. We recommend that you upgrade your cyrus-imapd package immediately. Fixed in: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody) Source: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-imapd_1.5.19-9.2.dsc http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-imapd_1.5.19-9.2.diff.gz http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-imapd_1.5.19.orig.tar.gz Alpha: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-admin_1.5.19-9.2_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-common_1.5.19-9.2_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-dev_1.5.19-9.2_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-imapd_1.5.19-9.2_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-nntp_1.5.19-9.2_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-pop3d_1.5.19-9.2_alpha.deb ARM: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-admin_1.5.19-9.2_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-common_1.5.19-9.2_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-dev_1.5.19-9.2_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-imapd_1.5.19-9.2_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-nntp_1.5.19-9.2_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-pop3d_1.5.19-9.2_arm.deb Intel IA-32: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-admin_1.5.19-9.2_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-common_1.5.19-9.2_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-dev_1.5.19-9.2_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-imapd_1.5.19-9.2_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-nntp_1.5.19-9.2_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-pop3d_1.5.19-9.2_i386.deb Intel IA-64: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-admin_1.5.19-9.2_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-common_1.5.19-9.2_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-dev_1.5.19-9.2_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-imapd_1.5.19-9.2_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-nntp_1.5.19-9.2_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-pop3d_1.5.19-9.2_ia64.deb HPPA: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-admin_1.5.19-9.2_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-common_1.5.19-9.2_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-dev_1.5.19-9.2_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-imapd_1.5.19-9.2_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-nntp_1.5.19-9.2_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-pop3d_1.5.19-9.2_hppa.deb Motorola 680x0: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-admin_1.5.19-9.2_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-common_1.5.19-9.2_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-dev_1.5.19-9.2_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-imapd_1.5.19-9.2_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-nntp_1.5.19-9.2_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-pop3d_1.5.19-9.2_m68k.deb Big endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-admin_1.5.19-9.2_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-common_1.5.19-9.2_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-dev_1.5.19-9.2_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-imapd_1.5.19-9.2_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-nntp_1.5.19-9.2_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-pop3d_1.5.19-9.2_mips.deb Little endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-admin_1.5.19-9.2_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-common_1.5.19-9.2_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-dev_1.5.19-9.2_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-imapd_1.5.19-9.2_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-nntp_1.5.19-9.2_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-pop3d_1.5.19-9.2_mipsel.deb PowerPC: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-admin_1.5.19-9.2_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-common_1.5.19-9.2_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-dev_1.5.19-9.2_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-imapd_1.5.19-9.2_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-nntp_1.5.19-9.2_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-pop3d_1.5.19-9.2_powerpc.deb IBM S/390: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-admin_1.5.19-9.2_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-common_1.5.19-9.2_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-dev_1.5.19-9.2_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-imapd_1.5.19-9.2_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-nntp_1.5.19-9.2_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-pop3d_1.5.19-9.2_s390.deb Sun Sparc: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-admin_1.5.19-9.2_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-common_1.5.19-9.2_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-dev_1.5.19-9.2_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-imapd_1.5.19-9.2_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-nntp_1.5.19-9.2_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-pop3d_1.5.19-9.2_sparc.deb MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This page is 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