Return-Path: owner-bugtraq@SECURITYFOCUS.COM Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <20000603150754.G22383@underground.org> Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 15:07:54 -0700 Reply-To: Aleph One Sender: Bugtraq List From: Aleph One Subject: [Debian] Majordomo will be removed To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Wichert Akkerman June 3, 2000 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : majordomo Problem type : local exploit Debian-specific: no The majordomo package as shipped in the non-free section accompanying Debian GNU/Linux 2.1/slink allows any local user to trick majordomo into executing arbitrary code or to create or write files as the majordomo user anywhere on the filesystem. This is a documented issue and the advised work around it to either have no untrusted users on a system running majordomo or to use a setuid wrapper that the MTA delivery agent can run. suboptimal solution. We feel that those options are not a good solution, but unfortunately the majordomo license does not allow us to fix these problems and distribute a fixed version. As a result we have decided to remove majordomo from our archives. If you are using majordomo we recommend that you replace it with one of the many other mailing-list tools available such as fml, mailman or smartlist. - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable updates For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQB1AwUBOTlZ/6jZR/ntlUftAQFQ6QL/XyB4EprpjY4D2eusMd9PR+UKKh0jI7Zi IMWf0Avik9wN6HWba64kODvePxKChnh7z2jvG3hz8CIZr6siYsTuFWtu2UkVhdZj THnYqB87Sqp7XIdO46R7qjnLU0KibPqQ =w/uo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----