(Debian Issues Fix) Evolution Integer Overflow in camel-lock-helper May Let Local and Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1013155 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1013155
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CVE Reference:
CAN-2005-0102
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Feb 11 2005
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Impact:
Execution of arbitrary code via local system, Execution of arbitrary code via network, Root access via local system, Root access via network, User access via local system, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 2.0.3 and prior versions
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Description:
An integer overflow vulnerability was reported in Evolution in camel-lock-helper. A remote mail server may may be able to execute arbitrary code on a connected system. A local user can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
The flaw resides in 'camel-lock-helper.c', where a user-supplied length value is not properly validated. A user can supply a value of '-1' to cause a zero byte buffer to be allocated and then overflowed. A remote POP3 server can supply a specially crafted response to a connected system to execute arbitrary code on the target system. Also, a local user can invoke Evolution to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
On some systems, this utility is configured with set group id (setgid) 'mail' group privileges and on other systems it is configured with set user id (setuid) 'root' user privileges.
Max Vozeler is credited with discovering this flaw.
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Impact:
A remote POP3 mail server may be able to execute arbitrary code on the connected system.
A local user can execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The code may run with 'mail' group privileges or 'root' user privileges, depending on the system configuration.
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Solution:
Debian has released a fix.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody:
Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 990 135eae823f6a0159a5f7ec6bc72c72b0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 16718 fdcc1244d1cfbe4c297cc49a577491b8
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 15010672 d2ffe374b453d28f5456db5af0a7983c
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 10271422 207d01d4b051c5350a6c1952bc5221ee
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 947952 b74d9c65882ae4bafa47d6614a96596c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 623002 5b864fe6659626050ac55ebf5e8572e0
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 9282272 57853c1bd08388274b34399548bff183
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 663850 30e04aac4fbcda4e6b709aa1eb378f74
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 492650 96a58d81835fe40c118613994898a99f
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 8905428 cc4885b6fff4f47cc3b729765454ea3d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 585986 53373ed37020c508d50c7f1c5006e6d3
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 470658 615259b21a7c889e8c7203b10e4e7b15
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 11454804 a4545f6efeb590b2602f8b8c44c9072d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 948252 f24c513391cdbd5cf51e0ec5a01def13
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 771184 2dbb984644f181bd46d996c6f06c2ac2
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 8876466 b47fd595352d5535199dc889d9aa653d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 578364 821686bde02e2ab5a86a3f07f272af26
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 483950 0927332469d079b3118ff012038b2865
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 9339162 e0df2bad032a3a996981b3483223f0f0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 680544 be4b5ade6dcbe9264d30becd3f3789e1
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 511292 2bcda2165950f94d01630b13cb1264d1
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 9219484 065504345356c2993a8ff479c7ac4653
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 640874 627f5efbeccefd384ae0335dd784c82b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 522850 d7055f0f6a273a52cd09fd783f88c525
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 9393318 4325f6d1bccd22cda371be7dd0a3add8
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 670336 f58f241480dbdd3b6f673fb038e100d4
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 510008 adc53f31cc22856e321f2e200a4f0d20
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Vendor URL: www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Boundary error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Debian)
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Message History:
This archive entry is a follow-up to the message listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 10:02:32 +0100 (CET)
Subject: [SECURITY] [DSA 673-1] New evolution packages fix arbitrary code execution as root
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 673-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
February 10th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : evolution
Vulnerability : integer overflow
Problem-Type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2005-0102
BugTraq ID : 12354
Max Vozeler discovered an integer overflow in a helper application
inside of Evolution, a free grouware suite. A local attacker could
cause the setuid root helper to execute arbitrary code with elevated
privileges.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0.5-1woody2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0.3-1.2.
We recommend that you upgrade your evolution package.
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 3.0 alias woody
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 990 135eae823f6a0159a5f7ec6bc72c72b0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 16718 fdcc1244d1cfbe4c297cc49a577491b8
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 15010672 d2ffe374b453d28f5456db5af0a7983c
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 10271422 207d01d4b051c5350a6c1952bc5221ee
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 947952 b74d9c65882ae4bafa47d6614a96596c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 623002 5b864fe6659626050ac55ebf5e8572e0
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 9282272 57853c1bd08388274b34399548bff183
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 663850 30e04aac4fbcda4e6b709aa1eb378f74
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 492650 96a58d81835fe40c118613994898a99f
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 8905428 cc4885b6fff4f47cc3b729765454ea3d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 585986 53373ed37020c508d50c7f1c5006e6d3
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 470658 615259b21a7c889e8c7203b10e4e7b15
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 11454804 a4545f6efeb590b2602f8b8c44c9072d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 948252 f24c513391cdbd5cf51e0ec5a01def13
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 771184 2dbb984644f181bd46d996c6f06c2ac2
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 8876466 b47fd595352d5535199dc889d9aa653d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 578364 821686bde02e2ab5a86a3f07f272af26
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 483950 0927332469d079b3118ff012038b2865
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 9339162 e0df2bad032a3a996981b3483223f0f0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 680544 be4b5ade6dcbe9264d30becd3f3789e1
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 511292 2bcda2165950f94d01630b13cb1264d1
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 9219484 065504345356c2993a8ff479c7ac4653
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 640874 627f5efbeccefd384ae0335dd784c82b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 522850 d7055f0f6a273a52cd09fd783f88c525
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 9393318 4325f6d1bccd22cda371be7dd0a3add8
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 670336 f58f241480dbdd3b6f673fb038e100d4
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 510008 adc53f31cc22856e321f2e200a4f0d20
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
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