Debian: lpr-ppd buffer overflow vulernability
Summary
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 0.72-2.1.
The old stable distribution (potato) does not contain lpr-ppd packages.
For the stable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.72-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your lpr-ppd 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 3.0 alias woody
Source archives:
Size/MD5 checksum: 553 a746445ec594d718a1f16f1bad63b1b9
Size/MD5 checksum: 7933 826c7c74ca8c6447e9086ad7bc0b4737
Size/MD5 checksum: 78323 f2a46147427f20863f98b87cd9a0d772
Alpha architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 114166 9bb33a66dc773c4eb24c4849379f1b5a
ARM architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 91778 a528cadf749c7026d062d36feb5d2cf4
Intel IA-32 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 87626 67ae1097288920eac71f5fc8acad5873
Intel IA-64 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 153166 1670dd535d68d6889fd54a5891317a4b
HP Precision architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 95258 d444bab8bb8a0f41800f3a1705901058
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 84658 a7fe927ebb88ec4724cbc44a57b0fefb
Big endian MIPS architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 98960 5bdd5ae9f6b7571d892d589e9fada56a
Little endian MIPS architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 98646 c83649d61154a1f10ad75ebb13598231
PowerPC architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 86614 2f5d951e711b7696f911a0df4284fd11
IBM S/390 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 92006 370935ef18bc6eba5c118faf44927177
Sun Sparc architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 110230 2f23d2a685b4a8ca5a9cfb37b08f1f09
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next revision.
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