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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2005.0020 -- Debian Security Advisory DSA 632-1
New linpopup packages fix arbitrary code execution
11 January 2005
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: linpopup
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
Linux variants
UNIX variants
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CAN-2004-1282
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-632
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 632-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
January 10th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : linpopup
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2004-1282
Debian Bug : 287044
Stephen Dranger discovered a buffer overflow in linpopup, an X11 port
of winpopup, running over Samba, that could lead to the execution of
arbitrary code when displaying a maliciously crafted message.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2.0-2woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2.0-7.
We recommend that you upgrade your linpopup 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/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 577 b5272d2427beb92f9572337c3907f7bf
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 14771 346c0d8fc894eb9660cbc945f53d7a48
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 145628 26503ac44971e334cbbb0a79dd796d93
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 84980 bd4cc7b95e42ae85891826fdd9345e5d
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 74870 b80b3706d1edb463b4d7ef0f56c87e79
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 74384 2f4379854819b565ccccd7b12a6c49de
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 92484 04b4b1b3708af2b60c06e9f71f01713e
HP Precision architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 79440 7f77468ea23f65fc9a8ffdb8f46cdea9
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 74278 d796fa11bf939e3fd5bcbe1f4e2a4d13
Big endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 76782 55cfe5ccdd97d3cda45195adaf881149
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 75740 0437ce2cd5f7eac82c53d093d3705e3e
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 76628 141d3f2f5ea14033380407ba5f947f5e
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 76724 741b61e7ba6bbe691b717a7e426ed3e5
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 76130 a316e43db286b9ae298481d0bbe6fd29
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
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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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