Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 714
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 714

Debian 1.4.0 Urgent: Update on cfingerd Root Vulnerability Fix

debian
Calendar Grey December 13, 1999
Debian Logo
Older cfingerd releases before 1.4.0 and 1.3.2-18.1 contain a severe root vulnerability; update immediately!
We have received a report that the all versions of cfingerd prior to 1.4.0 and 1.3.2-18.1 are vulnerable to a root exploit - as posted on bugtraq.
Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update critical debian root exploit cfingerd

Summary

wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 alias slink
-------------------------------

Source archives:

MD5 checksum: 01f1f08cb22716f3188370bb827557e4
MD5 checksum: 8fd375da499ec3e0198981a97c11d5fe

Sun Sparc architecture:

MD5 checksum: 7edc36abd55c18c0c8f9e90837ab15cb

Intel architecture:

MD5 checksum: 515bdcc9e579ce8b886341658bacaefd

Motorola 680x0 architecture:

MD5 checksum: ec6f1388f5a7b407637aabc4de29a0c5

Alpha architecture:

MD5 checksum: 97123d5b5eed85c74788d0c35c20b03b


Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias potato
--------------------------------------

Source archives:

.4.0-1.diff.gz
MD5 checksum: ad4cf97b7c3f679e3b4133320cac769c
-1.dsc
MD5 checksum: c5b5448968db444ee70075087e35a294

Sun Sparc architecture:

MD5 checksum: 8aa7fd61b8db6f76cb8120df3082a54e

Intel ia32 architecture:

MD5 checksum: a33ea81eb429c7b734a2769685...

Read the Full Advisory

Severity
critical
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update critical debian root exploit cfingerd

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Your message here