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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2004.0444 -- Debian Security Advisory DSA 527-1 New pavuk packages fix buffer overflow 06 July 2004 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: pavuk Publisher: Debian Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Linux variants Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands Access Required: Remote CVE Names: CAN-2004-0456 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 527-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Matt Zimmerman July 3rd, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : pavuk Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE Ids : CAN-2004-0456 Ulf Härnhammar discovered a vulnerability in pavuk, a file retrieval program, whereby an oversized HTTP 305 response sent by a malicious server could cause arbitrary code to be executed with the privileges of the pavuk process. For the current stable distribution (woody), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9pl28-1woody1. pavuk is no longer included in the unstable distribution of Debian. We recommend that you update your pavuk package. 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/p/pavuk/pavuk_0.9pl28-1woody1.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 707 8c039288254bd756409cab54b6ca7cfc http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pavuk/pavuk_0.9pl28-1woody1.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 13610 c824a2921a9791a8d840447062643d0b http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pavuk/pavuk_0.9pl28.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 968336 d0f7b77bd11322add1f7d52d62afbf78 Alpha architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pavuk/pavuk_0.9pl28-1woody1_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 630654 9d0d364a20448a4113e07d0e40745d63 ARM architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pavuk/pavuk_0.9pl28-1woody1_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 568730 8dcb6be6111bab1194bb70b668659a6a Intel IA-32 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pavuk/pavuk_0.9pl28-1woody1_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 562284 eb47253f87db9ade4748d5e2d01bd701 Intel IA-64 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pavuk/pavuk_0.9pl28-1woody1_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 700588 0a76ba2d4d8aa4db408bf3546a7c4775 HP Precision architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pavuk/pavuk_0.9pl28-1woody1_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 608290 5858310a6a9902a6d796c6bbcb527e83 Motorola 680x0 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pavuk/pavuk_0.9pl28-1woody1_m68k.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 540248 9b5e9a7d2a98f7aacb5dbefeb2ac5f81 Big endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pavuk/pavuk_0.9pl28-1woody1_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 565172 134a4284c713a2faca228ca0086fffd0 Little endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pavuk/pavuk_0.9pl28-1woody1_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 560950 ea00112b42beec9797c7cac4125541c7 PowerPC architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pavuk/pavuk_0.9pl28-1woody1_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 577756 d6a276f698025c5d2851c0f2d256082f IBM S/390 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pavuk/pavuk_0.9pl28-1woody1_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 556910 3a8f996cc7123dfb8d789ebcfa3b8026 Sun Sparc architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pavuk/pavuk_0.9pl28-1woody1_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 573834 f0473eea31b3d870e54649431867c9c4 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 v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA5wR4ArxCt0PiXR4RAiyiAJsGy936Lx0cplJ3ZzQSAstz1oROeACeIFv0 ug8HGJMeDecWZ2Dh7DJgKQk= =GfUe - -----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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