Debian alert: New zblast packages fix buffer overflow

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 369-1                     security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                             Matt Zimmerman
August 8th, 2003                        http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : zblast
Vulnerability  : buffer overflow
Problem-Type   : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE Ids        : CAN-2003-0613

Steve Kemp discovered a buffer overflow in zblast-svgalib, when saving
the high score file.  This vulnerability could be exploited by a local
user to gain gid 'games', if they can achieve a high score.

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed
in version 1.2pre-5woody2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem is fixed in version
1.2.1-7.

We recommend that you update your zblast 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/z/zblast/zblast_1.2pre-5woody2.dsc
      Size/MD5 checksum:      629 342cf492e3784f3a8f28e1ef05b07eaa
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast_1.2pre-5woody2.diff.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:     3168 d318fe30cb889504e505552831e201e6
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast_1.2pre.orig.tar.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:   538922 bce4d51eb69682567b737c5eaa91a9b9

  Architecture independent components:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast-data_1.2pre-5woody2_all.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   496918 c062e34ee87694546a79880af612dc00

  Alpha architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast-x11_1.2pre-5woody2_alpha.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    52476 c5d3e1ad4d1836768cd1aa532f7354e6

  ARM architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast-x11_1.2pre-5woody2_arm.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    42714 f66c9d086d1f150f3daa203cb2f9dd49

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast-svgalib_1.2pre-5woody2_i386.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    32632 faa3cdf7051a4184e1b68070d43eac95
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast-x11_1.2pre-5woody2_i386.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    34932 63302caf4eade00c97be50d29d67d2a7

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast-x11_1.2pre-5woody2_ia64.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    57678 50aa16fa917f18b4ca691a3b3959c578

  HP Precision architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast-x11_1.2pre-5woody2_hppa.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    43698 07a64c5d21272d3cf76dfced0ea20547

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast-x11_1.2pre-5woody2_m68k.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    32034 d40ee60665f8b363835dba5dd4890725

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast-x11_1.2pre-5woody2_mips.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    42418 99641d413e7887a9eb4940a3c04442d8

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast-x11_1.2pre-5woody2_mipsel.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    42068 3af9a555e17c654a0b434f34a061646e

  PowerPC architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast-x11_1.2pre-5woody2_powerpc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    39990 dbbc5ddef8af798e54ff029e21d4334e

  IBM S/390 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast-x11_1.2pre-5woody2_s390.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    40606 34a9bf81352557b8e2c1f1927080fd54

  Sun Sparc architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast-x11_1.2pre-5woody2_sparc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    41932 bdb32572963ab08f1a4951934b31d23b

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

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Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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