Debian Security Advisory

DSA-933-1 hylafax -- arbitrary command execution

Date Reported:

09 Jan 2006

Affected Packages:

hylafax

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-3539.

More information:

Patrice Fournier found that hylafax passes unsanitized user data in the notify script, allowing users with the ability to submit jobs to run arbitrary commands with the privileges of the hylafax server.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.1.1-4woody1.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 4.2.1-5sarge3.

For the unstable distribution the problem has been fixed in version 4.2.4-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your hylafax package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax_4.1.1-4woody1.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax_4.1.1-4woody1.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax_4.1.1.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-doc_4.1.1-4woody1_all.deb
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.1.1-4woody1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-4woody1_alpha.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.1.1-4woody1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-4woody1_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.1.1-4woody1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-4woody1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.1.1-4woody1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-4woody1_ia64.deb
HPPA:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.1.1-4woody1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-4woody1_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.1.1-4woody1_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-4woody1_m68k.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.1.1-4woody1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-4woody1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.1.1-4woody1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-4woody1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.1.1-4woody1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-4woody1_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax_4.2.1-5sarge3.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax_4.2.1-5sarge3.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax_4.2.1.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-doc_4.2.1-5sarge3_all.deb
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge3_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge3_alpha.deb
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge3_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge3_amd64.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge3_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge3_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge3_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge3_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge3_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge3_ia64.deb
HPPA:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge3_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge3_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge3_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge3_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge3_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge3_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge3_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge3_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge3_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge3_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge3_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge3_s390.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.