Debian: nasm arbitrary code execution fix
Summary
--------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 623-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze January 4th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package : nasm Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2004-1287 Debian Bug : 285889 Jonathan Rockway discovered a buffer overflow in nasm, the general-purpose x86 assembler, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code when compiling a maliciously crafted assembler source file. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.98.28cvs-1woody2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.98.38-1.1. We recommend that you upgrade your nasm package. 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: 591 ccf378a52d5e0acca8180cd2a898c23f Size/MD5 checksum: 26048 2108831b98639b53b09aa4548915e4cc Size/MD5 checksum: 537305 1d2465d345d51f1c2ce2c9c076438bc6 Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 759992 9206150e538f1fb3098ac5481f495366 ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 701838 098f440e19c005de6df393bc4c132f7d Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 694292 c5b8b4143097dc9c7f3544406059cd73 Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 819652 6a1af7503971f6882995591f976d583a HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 751016 74aeea3854ac5a644c722cc571e11960 Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 687534 107d93d7afc41d9dabe64ddf9ff83ef6 Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 743282 3aafdf6822bbb53dcd58df688d3a033b Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 737590 0918c72ca36528b94080db4647610b42 PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 713496 3ed0c9adb99e5023ac208fcd6cae5d57 IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 709216 b2a9af593f7180ca8706c43738e684d6 Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 735074 64a6e597c849353ae1ea0f720ff14061 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/