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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2007.0067 -- [UNIX/Linux][Debian]
New libgtop2 packages fix arbitrary code execution
1 February 2007
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: libgtop2
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access: Existing Account
CVE Names: CVE-2007-0235
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1255
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running libgtop2 check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1255-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
January 31st, 2007 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : libgtop2
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem-Type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2007-0235
Debian Bug : 407020
Liu Qishuai discovered that the GNOME gtop library performs insufficient
sanitising when parsing the system's /proc table, which may lead to
the execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.6.0-4sarge1.
For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been
fixed in version 2.14.4-3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.14.4-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your libgtop2 packages.
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 3.1 alias sarge
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2_2.6.0-4sarge1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 1558 6e012a83940fe31ae0d64ced366a58e9
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2_2.6.0-4sarge1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 58508 d66ed1acf2831f659342792a1787ddbc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2_2.6.0.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 1483167 aeae36a2da64b2b341b0b9db8a2d085c
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 363984 b82767ef44963fb6d5945b7edfd3c055
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 38320 d40106921373e4cef359195b597e3ee2
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 100094 eb2cc8982703c37a65e38d706bfe916b
AMD64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 361060 9294a928287ce471a3218adbb86f53a4
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 37626 95373955bd4cbc749dde63b7e530650c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 90420 58541ddbeba9aef54baf1ca66a9e55c6
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 359864 8e088f34eccb68ff8c82b4018c492dc0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 36146 1e31c5281dc868e069a6b281e741dcbf
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 92496 73203ae1976e14c34fb217270fa4527a
HP Precision architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 365318 d9a135ac041dc789b861161c7ba21f61
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 37572 a2f6faba4370e79305f4809abde941a8
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 95446 0a3d6c322172255a64275499ce91707b
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 361340 4dc929bdc5b03c772b4f39c35d06aef0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 36444 e9751591cff993c6bf0def55e430da0e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 90800 06925a21375447779f87e9b440fea29e
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 368376 ce61826e7e7be0cb0b78aff82a16a989
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 40018 9f318e6a714e0ffe7286b343cab4d01e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 100456 0069bd4595ab148e463304102f6f0454
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 358446 4e6a0874bbc2dc2ec7ff16707d10ec6e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 35892 6f42db70e6f9dd4b05129d403805b69e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 85486 47350bc782385b49cb70fd9932c79613
Big endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 359904 6f0b86cd9dff9b34657bc1461a3297f7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 37428 e0e158c23acba429687f6f7daac94e15
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 93148 cc7b5caf7f59f6071f462bcd6b7a41a7
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 359952 3dd91f0a99c72837c935d29cabf391b7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 37418 159ffeb3dd3cc3eb2730dd2ed3dcfaaf
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 93280 7c39762ad4fbbd839b4237ee8200a5e5
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 362772 f9d055f15f97182b28d9f3ef66bac8a6
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 38218 ef49976f3e321177dc09c0881691cc94
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 91700 b5756141d6a49bb3b3223d825003c283
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 363564 a6772e12fe606ee5e6253d2ea17dec5f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 37424 eac2d13c0e19b8cd513b95d773853e9f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 92106 915785051d79b03196cccc508acb1a42
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 359220 9f195aa576358b0b7a8c7e1ae4cf6580
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 36184 c929e83611c822f8543ccdf7af13b0e0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 88696 0695ec78b9b32ff2ccad5d7894760e03
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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