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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2004.0285 -- Debian Security Advisory DSA 487-1
New neon packages fix format string vulnerabilities
19 April 2004
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: neon
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
Linux
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access Required: Remote
CVE Names: CAN-2004-0179
Ref: ESB-2004.0281
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 487-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Matt Zimmerman
April 16th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : neon
Vulnerability : format string
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Ids : CAN-2004-0179
Multiple format string vulnerabilities were discovered in neon, an
HTTP and WebDAV client library. These vulnerabilities could
potentially be exploited by a malicious WebDAV server to execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the process using libneon.
For the current stable distribution (woody) these problems have been
fixed in version 0.19.3-2woody3.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 0.24.5-1.
We recommend that you update your neon 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/n/neon/neon_0.19.3-2woody3.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 582 4753d19632b3ba69e7d97f61b21da8b1
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/neon/neon_0.19.3-2woody3.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 4081 6ed8f310baae56db47a34f3affdf0dd5
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/neon/neon_0.19.3.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 499574 9dbb8c276e5fc58a707b6e908abdce63
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/neon/libneon-dev_0.19.3-2woody3_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 122054 f8455a4aca0ad0eed97b8635f7552ecc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/neon/libneon19_0.19.3-2woody3_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 77894 12283440f135e0b68b328151c78d5240
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/neon/libneon-dev_0.19.3-2woody3_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 100820 6ac65c11b484429f9f388ae0bab9136c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/neon/libneon19_0.19.3-2woody3_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 70256 d16830700754df93ec06fcc72d952be6
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/neon/libneon-dev_0.19.3-2woody3_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 94820 7a7f0c168b101390a619ffde40f9efc3
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/neon/libneon19_0.19.3-2woody3_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 65780 b72a10b0dbcbfb149b36b3053627a9d2
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/neon/libneon-dev_0.19.3-2woody3_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 131246 dda199f3b1d6598bb8aa2f6ba37521d4
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/neon/libneon19_0.19.3-2woody3_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 96250 043f6b4d3eb394bcaa2b7dda6a78b676
HP Precision architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/neon/libneon-dev_0.19.3-2woody3_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 118574 d7904398181654ebc8eab408a2d96cec
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/neon/libneon19_0.19.3-2woody3_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 80776 fdb1f1e337ee50318cbccfeeda0ec32f
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/neon/libneon-dev_0.19.3-2woody3_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 93110 7993e9e642cbefb27ea6a7085615bb55
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/neon/libneon19_0.19.3-2woody3_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 67668 fc37364b5b44454a637b69b591ce8c04
Big endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/neon/libneon-dev_0.19.3-2woody3_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 110704 3fbe497c5ac44aee13457fcfe9b785cf
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/neon/libneon19_0.19.3-2woody3_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 68644 29c7188a9dfe0da26a218eea6714997b
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/neon/libneon-dev_0.19.3-2woody3_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 110502 73eb5e6338f9ce6f5fd0c0cd27cbac48
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/neon/libneon19_0.19.3-2woody3_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 68626 f85bcdab3e2957d53f00569966eaa3b6
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/neon/libneon-dev_0.19.3-2woody3_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 107168 c1994dba85b7e2150b1419fd4da44a14
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/neon/libneon19_0.19.3-2woody3_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 71544 5e1812c5242835b7567d3549a334d9d8
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/neon/libneon-dev_0.19.3-2woody3_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 96930 022ad2200a279efc9ab1482e599b47d3
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/neon/libneon19_0.19.3-2woody3_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 70958 632017c6cd495f5a35a3ced63f2bab88
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/neon/libneon-dev_0.19.3-2woody3_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 102406 d3e5c72b6de6f90f2272c62d4ee3c88c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/neon/libneon19_0.19.3-2woody3_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 70812 c36ba230074c19cb6a58b76da986767d
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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