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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2004.0422 -- Debian Security Advisory DSA 521-1
New sup packages fix format string vulnerabilities
21 June 2004
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: sup
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
Linux variants
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access Required: Remote
CVE Names: CAN-2004-0451
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 521-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Matt Zimmerman
June 18th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : sup
Vulnerability : format string
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Ids : CAN-2004-0451
jaguar@felinemenace.org discovered a format string vulnerability in
sup, a set of programs to synchronize collections of files across a
number of machines, whereby a remote attacker could potentially cause
arbitrary code to be executed with the privileges of the supfilesrv
process (this process does not run automatically by default).
CAN-2004-0451: format string vulnerabilities in sup via syslog(3) in
logquit, logerr, loginfo functions
For the current stable distribution (woody), this problem has been
fixed in version 1.8-8woody2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you update your sup 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/s/sup/sup_1.8-8woody2.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 538 f5817f83647a677ec6781c9d55843307
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sup/sup_1.8-8woody2.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 6859 7b9cf999b1fb2c7662024ceb0c498039
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sup/sup_1.8.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 111165 76371f01340ce62cd71687349c5aa27e
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sup/sup_1.8-8woody2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 103714 62123f3b8178825af23107d24c843bd1
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sup/sup_1.8-8woody2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 82756 a866d4f3b3fdbdb86e2db7ba745ea480
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sup/sup_1.8-8woody2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 82624 580ca0b977cc27212c4e7778b435d4f3
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sup/sup_1.8-8woody2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 127664 cf7db9e24bbf333da16343bcdc5e9e82
HP Precision architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sup/sup_1.8-8woody2_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 94516 371292e2eaec3f04d49c8b29cb6e82ed
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sup/sup_1.8-8woody2_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 76454 4144ec09078326ba8e3facc6bef0e3b8
Big endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sup/sup_1.8-8woody2_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 96814 c7e843b2ac5573c792c8c45910717f07
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sup/sup_1.8-8woody2_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 96452 c0558b55bce77470e1d9d52b515d39e1
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sup/sup_1.8-8woody2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 85246 06e0683ba5c24a406a02b131304a6e6f
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sup/sup_1.8-8woody2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 84656 b1e6f251fc3a22eb43d9bbd3044828bc
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sup/sup_1.8-8woody2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 89948 b8965ae16901df1eb9eb64faa8169d39
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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