[Full-Disclosure] [SECURITY] [DSA-391-1] New freesweep packages fix buffer overflow

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 391-1 [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/ Matt Zimmerman
September 28th, 2003 http://www.debian.org/security/faq

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Package : freesweep
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem-Type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE Ids : CAN-2003-0828

Steve Kemp discovered a buffer overflow in freesweep, when processing
several environment variables. This vulnerability could be exploited
by a local user to gain gid 'games'.

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed
in version 0.88-4woody1.

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

We recommend that you update your freesweep 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/f/freesweep/freesweep_0.88-4woody1.dsc
  Size/MD5 checksum:      604 3b4fcb708f68923f54b4e6e9a75cdf2f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freesweep/freesweep_0.88-4woody1.diff.gz
  Size/MD5 checksum:    23476 8aa97d3f8d182be549621937a1de34a7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freesweep/freesweep_0.88.orig.tar.gz
  Size/MD5 checksum:    72711 cfcbe96ee572d4e737da3166f20c3f85

Alpha architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freesweep/freesweep_0.88-4woody1_alpha.deb
  Size/MD5 checksum:    41584 a80ee65d7609074a5fd0bb72a89d35c8

ARM architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freesweep/freesweep_0.88-4woody1_arm.deb
  Size/MD5 checksum:    35648 42e0fea755cf1de15b96b6441bbca232

Intel IA-32 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freesweep/freesweep_0.88-4woody1_i386.deb
  Size/MD5 checksum:    35920 f4d5a64504e5f47aecd81178826c9386

Intel IA-64 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freesweep/freesweep_0.88-4woody1_ia64.deb
  Size/MD5 checksum:    49758 b85c448dc51c6abf177287064e458ec2

HP Precision architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freesweep/freesweep_0.88-4woody1_hppa.deb
  Size/MD5 checksum:    40832 da4299857ed94f24e99581fc8aa7c55b

Motorola 680x0 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freesweep/freesweep_0.88-4woody1_m68k.deb
  Size/MD5 checksum:    33690 edf0a457199e07e44c3c7b787ab50466

Big endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freesweep/freesweep_0.88-4woody1_mips.deb
  Size/MD5 checksum:    37940 2a33af6b5b6fc76e67708768492d4e10

Little endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freesweep/freesweep_0.88-4woody1_mipsel.deb
  Size/MD5 checksum:    37982 3a106328946d6115590228df1112e8b3

PowerPC architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freesweep/freesweep_0.88-4woody1_powerpc.deb
  Size/MD5 checksum:    36332 03da264cc52ea053cfa19c96ee0a56dd

IBM S/390 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freesweep/freesweep_0.88-4woody1_s390.deb
  Size/MD5 checksum:    36576 25ba7c0f70f83c2081b7b47a74b3b579

Sun Sparc architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freesweep/freesweep_0.88-4woody1_sparc.deb
  Size/MD5 checksum:    38638 f59794b6e93379516b6a2b979b4a2db8

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

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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: [email protected]
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/&lt;pkg&gt;
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