Debian GNU/Linux Advisory: masqmail | Linux Today

Debian GNU/Linux Advisory: masqmail

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 12, 2002
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Debian Security Advisory DSA 194-1                     security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                             Martin Schulze
November 12th, 2002                     http://www.debian.org/security/faq
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Package        : masqmail
Vulnerability  : buffer overflows
Problem-Type   : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id         : CAN-2002-1279

A set of buffer overflows have been discovered in masqmail, a mail
transport agent for hosts without permanent internet connection.  In
addition to this privileges were dropped only after reading a user
supplied configuration file.  Together this could be exploited to gain
unauthorized root access to the machine on which masqmail is
installed.

These problems have been fixed in version 0.1.16-2.1 for the current
stable distribution (woody) and in version 0.2.15-1 for the unstable
distribution (sid).  The old stable distribution (potato) is not
affected since it doesn't contain a masqmail package.

We recommend that you upgrade your masqmail package immediately.

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/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.1.dsc
      Size/MD5 checksum:      616 5280d0a0dd4d35e59f55e96bb5db62ae
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.1.diff.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:    10140 072e97e7ca9eb24a47257c25e0ca7a2e
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16.orig.tar.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:   174634 0e391fd2d56d61b0a879f3c37b9e068d

  Alpha architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.1_alpha.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   103550 50fee9f437212f257ee52cd5f38efe81

  ARM architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.1_arm.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    90690 fbed6c28bbe66a4c440169c2eb617a7b

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.1_i386.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    88358 586f60f60d81dc17379df547f5796f8a

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.1_ia64.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   123600 f771c889fbd114ff0b598f80ccb44205

  HP Precision architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.1_hppa.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    98890 3ef668d59181074f92fea4950c542762

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.1_m68k.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    86096 aa83c891f83cea9e7742d845479a58e5

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.1_mips.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    97278 5d61799a00d95c6d5816c5e71e274408

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.1_mipsel.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    99622 d76f774f35fbb0b00f9e05e67015258e

  PowerPC architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.1_powerpc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    91898 f07d6ad9f52b11c86cb647506b943581

  IBM S/390 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.1_s390.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    90494 c09732ad8c400bb5d7f1a21a525395c9

  Sun Sparc architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/masqmail/masqmail_0.1.16-2.1_sparc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    92568 01a43e7db6865c282e8dfb2ba64cc192


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

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>;
Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

Linux Today Logo

LinuxToday is a trusted, contributor-driven news resource supporting all types of Linux users. Our thriving international community engages with us through social media and frequent content contributions aimed at solving problems ranging from personal computing to enterprise-level IT operations. LinuxToday serves as a home for a community that struggles to find comparable information elsewhere on the web.

Property of TechnologyAdvice. © 2026 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.