Debian alert: New xpcd packages fix buffer overflow
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 368-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Matt Zimmerman August 8th, 2003 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : xpcd Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE Ids : CAN-2003-0649 Steve Kemp discovered a buffer overflow in xpcd-svga which can be triggered by a long HOME environment variable. This vulnerability could be exploited by a local attacker to gain root privileges. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.08-8woody1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you update your xpcd package. Upgrade Instructions - -------------------- wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody - -------------------------------- Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 706 4fb68483cbb6d45728f47e5c61b3eaff http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 14077 f0e7c9e426744ccf0bcfbce07197bfb3 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 103104 59bf5b8d0466ecb3c58ed1fffcdf499e Alpha architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 80992 68a06c0a55a1310f2f7bb04605ce2d68 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 13352 bb4948c36af672bb59b16741ee35f3f1 ARM architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 67922 851e5199d0eff2f142ff1a0ae7dec210 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 11810 b6c7ee2ae9af286bd077bfb0bca66423 Intel IA-32 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 64238 cfa0b813d7fda7c9b5dbe66700d3d13f http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 11708 280a130ec6054eca1f8f3b4be94b9744 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-svga_2.08-8woody1_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 20822 5cb42524e3ce21f35bc43aa5ef7f9967 Intel IA-64 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 97682 249299d45d8a1539799969d2eb82ecf9 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 15310 4218754ba8daa1991e67ea7dada45c0a HP Precision architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 73288 1cf15bb993b1c4f4d648b0a87f021da4 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 12800 fb8bd7ac68ce65630c4678de898b9702 Motorola 680x0 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_m68k.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 62626 45a7e74314164cfbf6de164da91331f6 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_m68k.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 11488 6c68962e1cc32a221ebe11357790f21e Big endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 73488 43e5783d423f3054a57b55d95bd0d214 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 12594 72855f1617071135eebee4c12867a26a Little endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 73164 9d006b85dc71297638479002a0260fe0 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 12558 ccffee63fc2c8c35e5a87ce0cb450a37 PowerPC architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 68436 752053140f35df568c14c8abc5f2e7ef http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 11896 fbbd067d762d0d6f7ba4e2a92dd67397 IBM S/390 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 69600 60c613113c20c8bf80b1a9d44836697b http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 12486 8b63fbf6feeaaf4a3b1c64674bcfca9b Sun Sparc architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 72736 db142879397f6e3723641acee424f3b5 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 11780 3acbff9fae774d384aa8546048a2ea40 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next revision. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/M660ArxCt0PiXR4RAlc/AJ91ZKq6hjL/ff217KV37l14V5iiTgCfVULk Ms4IRRGySthWoyOJpZp610w= =NQPq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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