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Debian update for ntlmaps
Secunia Advisory: SA17017
Release Date: 2005-09-30
Popularity: 6,426 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-2962


Description:
Debian has issued an update for ntlmaps. This fixes a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose certain sensitive information.

The security issue is caused due to the configuration file being set to world-readable by the Debian post-installation script. This can be exploited by malicious users to disclose the user name and password of the Windows NT system that ntlmaps connects to.

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

-- Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge --

Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/ntlmaps/ntlmaps_0.9.9-2sarge1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 600 4ae17d64d33187480d5933982e0cbf43
http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...ntlmaps/ntlmaps_0.9.9-2sarge1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 14553 345a3329564f222f830cc448d1bf2992
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/ntlmaps/ntlmaps_0.9.9.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 55459 02d0f83f499eaf988de4ffab2dfd3618

Architecture independent components:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...ntlmaps/ntlmaps_0.9.9-2sarge1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 63806 f8af35d6fed72aaad660cabc4d0cd136

-- Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid --

Fixed in version 0.9.9-4.

Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Drew Parsons.

Original Advisory:
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-830


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