Debian: lpr buffer overflow vulnerability
Summary
The correction for CAN-2003-0144 for the old stable distribution
(potato) was a little bit too strict apparently and this update
corrects this. For completeness here is the advisory text:
A buffer overflow has been discovered in lpr, a BSD lpr/lpd line
printer spooling system. This problem can be exploited by a local
user to gain root privileges, even if the printer system is set up
properly.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 2000.05.07-4.3.
For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed
in version 0.48-1.2.
For the stable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 2000.05.07-4.20.
We recommend that you upgrade your lpr package immediately.
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 2.2 alias potato
Source archives:
Size/MD5 checksum: 533 f66736520a00e74d609a421afdc08100
Size/MD5 checksum: 8949 18e106588274936d15c89e42ad518fb3
Size/MD5 checksum: 75943 7b67555568e1c2d03aedbe66098a52a5
Alpha architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 112834 0cece83c9dfe9faf9bb1f6453822c7bd
ARM architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 89230 d403908d35e4d7ce9642183b11fa4457
Intel IA-32 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 86036 7c2d6c093621b62e8ed7b2fde9bc3296
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 81994 f884f37a9056b3ab0967ac027a3563a5
PowerPC architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 91248 f75d16b597c2e1cd908f5d20afd3f16a
Sun Sparc architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 97840 64fc8bdbdc927ae7df58e0aadd0a8f74
For apt-get: deb Debian -- Security Information stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show