Debian alert: New webfs packages fix buffer overflow

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 328-1                     security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                             Matt Zimmerman
June 19th, 2003                         http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : webfs
Vulnerability  : buffer overflow
Problem-Type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id         : CAN-2003-0445

webfs, a lightweight HTTP server for static content, contains a buffer
overflow whereby a long Request-URI in an HTTP request could cause
arbitrary code to be executed.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.17.1.

The old stable distribution (potato) does not contain a webfs package.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you update your webfs package.

Upgrade Instructions
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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
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  Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webfs/webfs_1.17.1.dsc
      Size/MD5 checksum:      472 ebff11ea33e3a2692c8d11b2b42fbe51
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webfs/webfs_1.17.1.tar.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:    40979 6cd1419cd680e0dedaaddf8d5b1f6014

  Alpha architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webfs/webfs_1.17.1_alpha.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    37058 ceadb6ced7463c646f826c6894766d65

  ARM architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webfs/webfs_1.17.1_arm.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    34050 f00275e59fdbf15cf1fa1f56f18f552d

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webfs/webfs_1.17.1_i386.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    32366 cc87f8da127a490e718cbd53a91b22ae

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webfs/webfs_1.17.1_ia64.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    45388 f97e46167c401f1ed8d8772d2e69a3c8

  HP Precision architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webfs/webfs_1.17.1_hppa.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    35414 8e21ab1df89efb46ffc93f46e25551db

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webfs/webfs_1.17.1_m68k.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    31020 77084aa2f8a1b5387375161ada8a3fbc

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webfs/webfs_1.17.1_mips.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    34576 0ca14889e9837081ca8c16d649b10ff9

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webfs/webfs_1.17.1_mipsel.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    34560 edd5ce2fe5aed50645c7e2b6bef38933

  PowerPC architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webfs/webfs_1.17.1_powerpc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    33204 d7cb83a6b91e1ffd037b799a9da81ad1

  IBM S/390 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webfs/webfs_1.17.1_s390.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    34376 c48ec81b893a28988b51cdf216925341

  Sun Sparc architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webfs/webfs_1.17.1_sparc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    36380 ce67a09910792ed48a4b9f887d80478d

  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next revision.

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