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Debian Security Advisory                                 security@debian.org 
Debian -- Security Information                             Daniel Jacobowitz
November 21, 2000
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Package: xmcd
Vulnerability: untrustworthy privileged binaries
Debian-specific: yes
Vulnerable: yes

The Debian GNU/Linux xmcd package has historically installed two setuid
helpers for accessing cddb databases and SCSI cdrom drives.  More recently,
the package offered the administrator the chance to remove these setuid
flags, but did so incorrectly.

A buffer overflow in ncurses, linked to the "cda" binary, allowed a root
exploit.  Fixed ncurses packages have been released, as well as fixed
xmcd packages which do not install this binary with a setuid flag.

The problem is fixed in xmcd 2.5pl1-7.1, and we recommend all users with
xmcd installed upgrade to this release.  You may need to add users of xmcd
to the "audio" and "cdrom" groups in order for them to continue using xmcd.

Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 alias slink
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  Slink is no longer being supported by the Debian Security Team.  We highly
  recommend an upgrade to the current stable release.

Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (stable) alias potato
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  Fixes are currently available for the Alpha, ARM, Intel ia32, Motorola 680x0,
  PowerPC and Sun SPARC architectures, and will be included in 2.2r2.

  Source archives:
    
 
      MD5 checksum: 88eb19b072950d0c00fadf90c46a0386
    
 
      MD5 checksum: 78e6765e7bc526e200344ba400504602
    
 
      MD5 checksum: 316dd535081bc714c0745217471cfd65

  Alpha architecture:
 
 
      MD5 checksum: 4352ea9c83aae49abd985a4e5bd0f8d4
    
 
      MD5 checksum: 46e713b153ee70ad284ce3dcab305b45

  ARM architecture:
    
 
      MD5 checksum: ba951094501062a45098c90de62c8b0c
    
 
      MD5 checksum: cde12639f97883537e958c7444ad6c0b

  Intel ia32 architecture:
    
 
      MD5 checksum: 117f75f3f9f03680268fe2d12a023bab
    
 
      MD5 checksum: a8a318f6ecb6b38a2cb0a36d984c3ec8

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:
    
 
      MD5 checksum: 6e724e2f9ebd0b7c5143f268d7630502
    
 
      MD5 checksum: dcf12acab522d74f30ad3f5c7a4bd603

  PowerPC architecture:
    
 
      MD5 checksum: d0ffd57cb596e93f383013fdc9607569
    
 
      MD5 checksum: 132094382de56fb7087d470c052f0644

  Sun Sparc architecture:
    
 
      MD5 checksum: 48c43a24d9c6c9ae86ffceeb6bfe0a36
    
 
      MD5 checksum: 20b35079db60411b586e75a7ed196b9a

Debian GNU/Linux Unstable alias woody
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  This version of Debian is not yet released.

  Fixes will be made available for Alpha, ARM, Intel ia32, Motorola 680x0,
  PowerPC, and SPARC in the Debian archive in the next day.  The packages
  listed above may also be installed on unstable systems.

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