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New version of dump released.  13 December 1999 
Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team   
The version of dump that was distributed with Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 suffers from a problem with restoring symbolic links.
 
New version of bind released  13 December 1999 
Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team   
The version bind that was distributed in Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 has a vulnerability in the processing of NXT records that can be used by an attacked in a Debian of Service attack or theoretically be exploited to gain access to the server.
 
New version of nfs-server fixes remote exploit  13 December 1999 
Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team   
The version of nfs-server that was distributed in Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 had a buffer overflow in fh_buildpath(). It assumed that the total length of a path would never exceed (PATH_MAX_NAME_MAX). With a read/write exported directory people could created longes path and cause a bufferoverflow.
 
New version of proftpd fixes remote exploits  13 December 1999 
Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team   
The proftpd version that was distributed in Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 had several buffer overruns that could be exploited by remote attackers. A short list of problems: * user input was used in snprintf() without sufficient checks * there was an overflow in the log_xfer() routine * you could overflow a buffer by using very long pathnames
 
New versions of lpr released  13 December 1999 
Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team   
The version of lpr that was distributed with Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 suffers from a couple of problems: * there was a race in lpr that could be exploited by users to print files they can not normally read * lpd did not check permissions of queue-files. As a result by using the -s flag it could be tricked into printing files a user can otherwise not read
 
New version of nis released  13 December 1999 
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The nis package that was distributed with Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 has a couple of problems: * ypserv allowed any machine in the NIS domain to insert new tables * rpc.yppasswd had a bufferoverflow in its MD5 code * rpc.yppasswd allowed users to change the GECOS and loginshell entries of other users
 
New version of amd fixes remote exploit, take 2  13 December 1999 
Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team   
The version of amd that was distributed with Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 is vulnerable to a remote exploit. This was fixed in version 23.0slink1. However that fix contained an error which has been fixed in version upl102-23.slink2.
 
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