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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2007.1055 -- [Linux][Debian]
New inotify-tools packages fix arbitrary code execution
31 December 2007
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: inotify-tools
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Linux variants
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access: Existing Account
CVE Names: CVE-2007-5037
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1440
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running inotify check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1440-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
December 28, 2007 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : inotify-tools
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2007-5037
Debian Bug : 443913
It was discovered that a buffer overflow in the filename processing of
the inotify-tools, a command-line interface to inotify, may lead to
the execution of arbitrary code. This only affects the internal
library and none of the frontend tools shipped in Debian.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.3-2.
The old stable distribution (sarge) does not provide inotify-tools.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.11-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your inotify-tools 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 4.0 (stable)
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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/i/inotify-tools/inotify-tools_3.3-2.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 624 883ee55627b7becb5a9ca1a2e569281b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/inotify-tools/inotify-tools_3.3.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 369780 204ef6e0b855ec4315f4f13e2d3d1e1a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/inotify-tools/inotify-tools_3.3-2.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 5311 7bde9f27b0bb470a44d64b40b1e217e1
alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/inotify-tools/inotify-tools_3.3-2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 51356 81b86adf6ba52bac0c463948cbbe2b49
amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/inotify-tools/inotify-tools_3.3-2_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 44668 b64ada55dc7a779df25b8aaf69347ef0
arm architecture (ARM)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/inotify-tools/inotify-tools_3.3-2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 41972 6a7d420d5d00261ad40cc12ada606144
hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/inotify-tools/inotify-tools_3.3-2_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 48782 0f85ebaecd2c1449afc7c31bbf1b1ac5
i386 architecture (Intel ia32)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/inotify-tools/inotify-tools_3.3-2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 78260 e462da2503c92d98510647fb0c1f44eb
ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/inotify-tools/inotify-tools_3.3-2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 58450 f3e9432dd2725689a945e85f4c9a6fc3
mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/inotify-tools/inotify-tools_3.3-2_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 44252 d7166ae065ed439dfee037a20ce2f7eb
mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/inotify-tools/inotify-tools_3.3-2_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 43936 903bb81400b5769e787a871634335188
powerpc architecture (PowerPC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/inotify-tools/inotify-tools_3.3-2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 49284 145b4a75de5c8abaf38390f1f69789e0
s390 architecture (IBM S/390)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/inotify-tools/inotify-tools_3.3-2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 45262 9346fa472ba657b973fd7c837b94024c
sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/inotify-tools/inotify-tools_3.3-2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 43658 eb008682403c08de1baa65d79f46eaa5
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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