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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Debian Local Security Checks >> [DSA044] DSA-044-1 mailx Vulnerability Assessment Details
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[DSA044] DSA-044-1 mailx |
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DSA-044-1 mailx Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment The mail program (a simple tool to read and send email) as distributed with Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 has a buffer overflow in the input parsing code. Since mail is installed setgid mail by default this permited local users to use it to gain access to mail group. Since the mail code was never written to be secure fixing it properly would mean a large rewrite. Instead of doing this we decided to no longer install it setgid. This means that it can no longer lock your mailbox properly on systems for which you need group mail to write to the mailspool, but it will still work for sending email. This has been fixed in mailx version 8.1.1-10.1.5. If you have suidmanager installed you can also make this manually with the following command: suidregister /usr/bin/mail root root 0755 Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-044 Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: 2457 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2005 Michel Arboi |
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