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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2007.0457 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux][Debian]
New tinymux packages fix buffer overflow
25 June 2007
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: tinymux
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Windows
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CVE-2007-1655
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1317
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running tinymux check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1317-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Steve Kemp
June 23, 2007
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Package : tinymux
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2007-1655
BugTraq ID : 23292
Debian Bug : 417539
duskwave discovered that tinymux, a text-based multi-user virtual world server,
performs insufficient boundary checks when working with user-supplied data,
which might lead to the execution of arbitary code.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version
2.4.3.31-1etch1.
We recommend that you upgrade your tinymux 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 4.0 alias etch
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tinymux/tinymux_2.4.3.31-1etch1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 25768 5561f8f373ba594299fb08935d0d28b8
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tinymux/tinymux_2.4.3.31.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 925630 7b149de6a1ef5c26b989f05f7f894ba0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tinymux/tinymux_2.4.3.31-1etch1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 609 43a81f38076f544c7d5dcee9b4805082
alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tinymux/tinymux_2.4.3.31-1etch1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 660202 f789e47d312651b2acdfec1bd62f35f7
amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tinymux/tinymux_2.4.3.31-1etch1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 646318 a715fedaa66a6656d413086c0c349c84
arm architecture (ARM)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tinymux/tinymux_2.4.3.31-1etch1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 613350 546c1d9f0346a649104a32fce0ee5501
hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tinymux/tinymux_2.4.3.31-1etch1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 690748 2c15696925b7ea1e2c60f56613f3477e
i386 architecture (Intel ia32)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tinymux/tinymux_2.4.3.31-1etch1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 610106 82526fb744024fb62dc3db8eebe58f14
ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tinymux/tinymux_2.4.3.31-1etch1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 790390 77d75edb1dc316e0f6943ebb9005d7f0
mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tinymux/tinymux_2.4.3.31-1etch1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 681474 8342b25f33cab216dbb7b2fdef538daa
mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tinymux/tinymux_2.4.3.31-1etch1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 683480 28543164a051516b60abd88f6d008a72
powerpc architecture (PowerPC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tinymux/tinymux_2.4.3.31-1etch1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 626322 6d66856f933ebc1771116dbe75a4f445
s390 architecture (IBM S/390)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tinymux/tinymux_2.4.3.31-1etch1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 635518 86dfa4021ef7ed8834d2e4005c7b95c4
sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tinymux/tinymux_2.4.3.31-1etch1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 622104 574396c035379caed5d0997f491518fb
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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