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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2003.0115 -- Debian Security Advisory DSA 252-1 New slocate packages fix local root exploit 24 February 2003 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: slocate Vendor: Debian Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Linux Impact: Root Compromise Access Required: Existing Account Comment: CVE Id: CAN-2003-0056 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 252-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze February 21st, 2003 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : slocate Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE Id : CAN-2003-0056 A problem has been discovered in slocate, a secure locate replacement. A buffer overflow in the setuid program slocate can be used to execute arbitrary code as superuser. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.6-1.3.1. The old stable distribution (potato) is not affected by this problem. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.7-1. We recommend that you upgrade your slocate package immediately. 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/s/slocate/slocate_2.6-1.3.1.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 550 9ade1dcc6d5185c9acddd8b487d5d28b http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/slocate/slocate_2.6-1.3.1.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 7058 a7ac6632dc02e1e26ad9f5cb462cced7 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/slocate/slocate_2.6.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 69213 08b1902323d686130a6daaca1fac61fc Alpha architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/slocate/slocate_2.6-1.3.1_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 28100 44eccd6ca90b61996b50eb396456f798 ARM architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/slocate/slocate_2.6-1.3.1_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 25290 52d54dacf94f35519fbfb8d5a2ebd8a9 Intel IA-32 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/slocate/slocate_2.6-1.3.1_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 24788 9c9121191ee8ce7321bda76b3bb0c8fa Intel IA-64 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/slocate/slocate_2.6-1.3.1_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 31100 039ee8d8218e953d51a3514d9318f2d6 HP Precision architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/slocate/slocate_2.6-1.3.1_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 26822 0ad73800a4c0c19518cad0aa3768f1c6 Motorola 680x0 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/slocate/slocate_2.6-1.3.1_m68k.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 24338 2eb37c351a989dd14d9ad84fe6f3176b Big endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/slocate/slocate_2.6-1.3.1_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 25656 85426c291c393fec878012afdcf85aaf Little endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/slocate/slocate_2.6-1.3.1_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 25592 fabe9486658781a7584a583e07370442 PowerPC architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/slocate/slocate_2.6-1.3.1_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 25658 08a2aa276b88ed5335c2e0ff8650c696 IBM S/390 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/slocate/slocate_2.6-1.3.1_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 25710 956dbf8e147bd1f31ffa3fa43c3e31d4 Sun Sparc architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/slocate/slocate_2.6-1.3.1_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 27604 10aa9aff27a87f88d78b57b33ae5b2d5 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 v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+VjcoW5ql+IAeqTIRAtYEAJ0eJUFnd8j9SNkoYcdXuOmAYHm0+QCgmLcx sZxf1OclKYi5BrCozhwCYfE= =yK7h - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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