Debian: xzgv arbitrary code execution fix
Summary
--------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 614-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze December 21st, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package : xzgv Vulnerability : integer overflows Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2004-0994 Luke "infamous41md" discoverd multiple vulnerabilities in xzgv, a picture viewer for X11 with a thumbnail-based selector. Remote exploitation of an integer overflow vulnerability could allow the execution of arbitrary code. For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 0.7-6woody2. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 0.8-3. We recommend that you upgrade your xzgv package immediately. Upgrade Instructions --------------------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: 579 27ae6cedb8409d1a61250227194a6b18 Size/MD5 checksum: 6782 fc970417371b3fab54b0cee4bc9ad695 Size/MD5 checksum: 296814 9a376cc01cf486a2a8901fbc8b040d29 Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 199532 b3ac4de63867a36dd018ed530f0d10f7 ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 187026 299e911e0b72e2ec50a4e2fe483631fd Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 185198 8daddd8cd55896f09bd34a962d506480 Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 219706 d06e18a31733ed58a8f0515d98ae36dd HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 195394 de8fb62bad56ed7b39d14242b82f501d Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 181580 32bb51323358c9592bcb7a9a6254d378 Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 188456 b9db5a09c63151dd48a8c10670828527 Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 187458 6db543152183971188c0f02b2f06f5e6 PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 189504 c2df06701aef5409b88d342ef826335d IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 188976 530d93c6ca5132b42d64ca60c9fab9b0 Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 188952 9f5fefef2a5581e77cf94b9ad4e9f042 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org Package info: `apt-cache show' and http://packages.debian.org/
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