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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2005.0960 -- Debian Security Advisory DSA 915-1 New helix-player packages fix arbitrary code execution 2 December 2005 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: helix-player Publisher: Debian Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 UNIX variants Linux variants Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands Access: Remote/Unauthenticated CVE Names: CVE-2005-2629 Ref: ESB-2005.0959 Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-915 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 915-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze December 2nd, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : helix-player Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2005-2629 BugTraq ID : 15381 An integer overflow has been discovered in helix-player, the helix audio and video player. This flaw could allow a remote attacker to run arbitrary code on a victims computer by supplying a specially crafted network resource. This vulnerability is fixed by version 1.0.6-1 in unstable. Helix-player is not currently in the testing distribution. The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain a helix-player package. For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.4-1sarge2. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.6-1. We recommend that you upgrade your helix-player 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 3.1 alias sarge - - -------------------------------- Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/helix-player/helix-player_1.0.4-1sarge2.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 908 5abe49b8d746b78b1f70016382d44a35 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/helix-player/helix-player_1.0.4-1sarge2.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 9113 b7103af4ca93cb52cd548a4f7da43c3b http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/helix-player/helix-player_1.0.4.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 18044552 a277710be35426b317869503a4ad36d7 Intel IA-32 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/helix-player/helix-player_1.0.4-1sarge2_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 4289142 afe49d505b51edefe6b66e92720e9a62 PowerPC architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/helix-player/helix-player_1.0.4-1sarge2_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 4415648 9a9ad7733abed7ffcd6c69ce366d576c 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 <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg> - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDj+sxW5ql+IAeqTIRAjVHAJ974CUfmj+F9Acw124mv/KrKpkcLACfcgHJ ldeYb42HgSrGdj/KtTkdKsw= =zqfg - -----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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