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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2004.0022 -- Debian Security Advisory DSA 418-1
New vbox3 packages fix privilege leak
08 January 2004
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: vbox3
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
Linux
Impact: Root Compromise
Access Required: Existing Account
CVE Names: CAN-2004-0015
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 418-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Matt Zimmerman
January 7th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : vbox3
Vulnerability : privilege leak
Problem-Type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE Ids : CAN-2004-0015
A bug was discovered in vbox3, a voice response system for isdn4linux,
whereby root privileges were not properly relinquished before
executing a user-supplied tcl script. By exploiting this
vulnerability, a local user could gain root privileges.
For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been
fixed in version 0.1.7.1.
For the unstable distribution, this problem has been fixed in version 0.1.8.
We recommend that you update your vbox3 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/v/vbox3/vbox3_0.1.7.1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 506 630bd187cb633736d54fb290908cd4c2
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vbox3/vbox3_0.1.7.1.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 105056 e575ba1c390f8f9959970cde40a9409e
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vbox3/vbox3_0.1.7.1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 42482 5d832230329c61e23fb6caf155aa2e09
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vbox3/vbox3_0.1.7.1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 33182 2b63dcbf6f25083cdf364623326b8df0
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vbox3/vbox3_0.1.7.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 32362 5198221164c9193e937b7fa6fc0cc73c
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vbox3/vbox3_0.1.7.1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 47914 afc2b9eebc741d1b85ea88ca18bc5977
HP Precision architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vbox3/vbox3_0.1.7.1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 36484 3f11d84fccc416924dd856552b1e0037
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vbox3/vbox3_0.1.7.1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 30656 828db41fd4903895a62c34102dacf58f
Big endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vbox3/vbox3_0.1.7.1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 36364 6dfcaeb424ba06e4e22165ef158b560f
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vbox3/vbox3_0.1.7.1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 36504 694d70d443c3fb9b42199dcbf75cb770
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vbox3/vbox3_0.1.7.1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 34918 6741eefe3cff4ec8a7f624cf651f410e
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vbox3/vbox3_0.1.7.1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 33680 9f637206da0fa160bfe508e250719077
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/v/vbox3/vbox3_0.1.7.1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 36414 f5b6c63648dbaf09649eab7464c1c260
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: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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