OpenPKG Security Advisory

Publisher Name:          OpenPKG GmbH
Publisher Home:          http://openpkg.com/

Advisory Id (public):    OpenPKG-SA-2004.020
Advisory Type:           OpenPKG Security Advisory (SA)
Advisory Directory:      http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA
Advisory Document:       http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA-2004.020
Advisory Published:      2010-09-03 22:49 UTC

Issue Id (internal):     OpenPKG-SI-20040507.01
Issue First Created:     2004-05-07
Issue Last Modified:     2006-11-28
Issue Revision:          06


Subject Name:            SSMTP
Subject Summary:         Simple SMTP MTA
Subject Home:            ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/mail/mta/
Subject Versions:        * <= 2.48

Vulnerability Id:        CVE-2004-0156
Vulnerability Scope:     global (not OpenPKG specific)

Attack Feasibility:      run-time
Attack Vector:           local system
Attack Impact:           denial of service, arbitrary code execution

Description:
    Two format string bugs were discovered in sSMTP [1], a simple
    sending-only Mail Transport Agent (MTA). Untrusted values in the
    functions die() and log_event() were passed to printf(3)-like
    functions as format strings. These vulnerabilities could potentially
    allow remote mail relays to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) and
    possibly execute arbitrary code.

References:
    [1] ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/ssmtp/
    [2] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0156
    [3] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-source
    [4] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-binary
    [5] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.3/UPD/ssmtp-2.48-1.3.1.src.rpm
    [6] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/2.0/UPD/ssmtp-2.48-2.0.1.src.rpm
    [7] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.3/UPD/
    [8] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/2.0/UPD/
    [9] http://www.openpkg.org/security.html#signature


Primary Package Name:    ssmtp
Primary Package Home:    http://openpkg.org/go/package/ssmtp

Affected Distribution:   Affected Branch:  Affected Package:
OpenPKG Community        1.3-SOLID         ssmtp-2.48-1.3.0
OpenPKG Community        2.0-SOLID         ssmtp-2.48-2.0.0
OpenPKG Community        CURRENT           ssmtp-2.48-20040207

Corrected Distribution:  Corrected Branch: Corrected Package:
OpenPKG Community        1.3-SOLID         ssmtp-2.48-1.3.1
OpenPKG Community        2.0-SOLID         ssmtp-2.48-2.0.1
OpenPKG Community        CURRENT           ssmtp-2.60.8-20040507