[SECURITY] [DSA 598-1] New yardradius packages fix arbitrary code execution
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 598-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
November 25th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Package : yardradius
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2004-0987
Debian Bug : 278384
Max Vozeler noticed that yardradius, the YARD radius authentication
and accounting server, contained a stack overflow similar to the one
from radiusd which is referenced as CAN-2001-0534. This could lead to
the execution of arbitrary code as root.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0.20-2woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0.20-15.
We recommend that you upgrade your yardradius package immediately.
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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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>
