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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2004.0312 -- Debian Security Advisory DSA 497-1 New mc packages fix several vulnerabilities 30 April 2004 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: mc (Midnight Commander) Publisher: Debian Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Linux Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands Overwrite Arbitrary Files Access Required: Existing Account CVE Names: CAN-2004-0226 CAN-2004-0231 CAN-2004-0232 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 497-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze April 29th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : mc Vulnerability : several vulnerabilities Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2004-0226 CAN-2004-0231 CAN-2004-0232 Jacub Jelinek discovered several vulnerabilities in the Midnight Commander, a powerful file manager for GNU/Linux systems. The problems were classified as follows: CAN-2004-0226 Buffer overflows CAN-2004-0231 Insecure temporary file and directory creations CAN-2004-0232 Format string problems For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.5.55-1.2woody3. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your mc packages. 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/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody3.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 797 958cc4620dba90784a057bc6ba532e6e http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody3.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 45258 66565de188d7cdcc29c2f26db4e86dfd http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 4850321 82772e729bb2ecfe486a6c219ebab09f Alpha architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1184466 519b7ed72de67efeb46fdd142ad1b529 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 561802 bbd74fcd32085d36927aa4baef59b619 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody3_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1351132 e19786fa0cd63a48b25782546ba7247b ARM architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1026660 a1a74f85c31f71c18139a9e734890991 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 479206 27d38e4f2c9622fae54fed612187c72c http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody3_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1351204 0fa7747b9a714bb141fefea263fca8d4 Intel IA-32 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 993560 760892261579382eb13757f2e11dd0c9 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 454538 91a5288221322b6602757c98df964979 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody3_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1351156 641ad9b4b21e052412e80dc4c94a4e7c Intel IA-64 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1433290 9c9ed150bc3a781358df0e5c78d16cc6 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 688156 5d80a2b3d586361582da7b87dc833605 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody3_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1351062 c7ac22188c4230ac1ba806dfbf653e08 HP Precision architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1143718 90756f4d04d02b3657dd373dd0f18f31 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 540394 812e6a1932ee8b9124cbf8aec86857aa http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody3_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1351524 ae1122258f89db3d74ebc102568bc742 Motorola 680x0 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_m68k.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 956886 5880e158c9b87bec535fe27de39e3c2d http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_m68k.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 435954 f5bccc4486775810befea8fef9707530 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody3_m68k.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1351644 5bb4c2e1258214c31a0ce739a5487b03 Big endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1085826 29cb814523fda06bbd93b3852153011f http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 535840 0c5f3e66932dafb5b3a8441c70c46c86 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody3_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1351552 d1b7fe3dedcf0bd923acd3b739800856 Little endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1079624 067a9df98370ef716056c8d9403e7060 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 534554 6b3d55810559eb715fad6ce48e6733e8 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody3_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1351268 eab4c74833109ca99cfb79c71e758e38 PowerPC architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1041926 eb756e14f965b418e8054fe2b0b966e8 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 488958 6b28e83ae789b9cfe67fc770b16f6eff http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody3_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1351422 33452fdae445cef30cb837fbd9198b60 IBM S/390 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1028754 dd690bca5fe2cd6917cbf4ce2926a2b7 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 478414 2eeeed20cf5ca7c2156c3a4c83e3caaf http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody3_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1351464 8d54b129bd900938e226f6aa98eb23e2 Sun Sparc architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1027388 9b558b6c9981a53eca6e31dd5568b954 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody3_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 482450 b10f255759761869d39e4a4c1ddb5b00 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody3_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1351484 977a9387f5a30ccebe4f3dc42dbb8efe These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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