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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2007.0494 -- [Linux][BSD][Debian]
New unicon-imc2 packages fix buffer overflow
3 July 2007
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: unicon-imc2
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
BSD variants
Linux variants
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access: Existing Account
CVE Names: CVE-2007-2835
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1328
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running unicon-imc2 check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1328 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Steve Kemp
July 01, 2007
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Package : unicon-imc2
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2007-2835
Steve Kemp from the Debian Security Audit project discovered that
unicon-imc2, a Chinese input method library, makes unsafe use of
an environmental variable, which may be exploited to execute arbitary
code.
For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in
version 3.0.4-11etch1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed shortly.
We recommend that you upgrade your unicon-imc2 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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Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.
Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unicon/unicon_3.0.4-11etch1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 14966 c3a081d69f9f81055de331690bf85e70
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unicon/unicon_3.0.4.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 5704272 dfb8650debe038f85270b4ad60ad313b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unicon/unicon_3.0.4-11etch1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 603 711b8ba2894e03f257f7d6a74f526563
alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unicon/unicon-imc2_3.0.4-11etch1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4376642 8cfd1066d51dc11862115179be4ce4e4
amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unicon/unicon-imc2_3.0.4-11etch1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4362080 bad015c61850c9a4fe5d85edc77073fd
arm architecture (ARM)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unicon/unicon-imc2_3.0.4-11etch1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4152566 0d8b6a4a3bab316d49eea2211affea61
hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unicon/unicon-imc2_3.0.4-11etch1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4546634 dbdc37a0fb794ac2d806a1c960ff7c43
i386 architecture (Intel ia32)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unicon/unicon-imc2_3.0.4-11etch1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4153202 24ddede20e4b9ad3b15694275ad9d597
ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unicon/unicon-imc2_3.0.4-11etch1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4387184 c9494e9f38687b4cafb6b291942ddf6a
mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unicon/unicon-imc2_3.0.4-11etch1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4159956 05c58cfe2805a3cd5a20171943e241c4
powerpc architecture (PowerPC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unicon/unicon-imc2_3.0.4-11etch1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4516520 cb01b1bbc9bf724b7c6e97231945a964
s390 architecture (IBM S/390)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unicon/unicon-imc2_3.0.4-11etch1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4544838 7c2e4aa746330e0d94417a7254f03714
sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unicon/unicon-imc2_3.0.4-11etch1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4501702 246893314e59799c4cabc3353fa8998f
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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