Debian: pcal arbitrary code execution fix
Summary
--------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 625-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze January 5th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package : pcal Vulnerability : buffer overflows Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2004-1289 Debian Bug : 287039 Danny Lungstrom discovered two buffer overflows in pcal, a program to generate Postscript calendars, that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code when compiling a calendar. For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 4.7-8woody1. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 4.8.0-1. We recommend that you upgrade your pcal 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: 567 084db6ff500acb07787520fbe64fe55c Size/MD5 checksum: 9241 dfead422c9e896806a1f3d6bf27906cd Size/MD5 checksum: 244559 1c3a5694c465e702795ba53dbbb1f412 Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 124958 4bd681850f08a22ff4e2b409c74d34fc ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 110892 01e26a1ae460e156debbc26f2657048a Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 107250 a487a36516ae170cab2c60370352b4ad Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 139992 66232d332593c1b9a1b1bdbe839f3327 HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 121282 ee138b5220ff6caf4f6ecd30f4539037 Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 104702 e9930289c67b6d611e51ef954724f5b4 Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 119802 1ea25df3c512c07249fff7b6e2d08ad9 Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 119766 d3c55f4e572337088ebe5cc2753e2a20 PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 116472 034b734141ee6804d4b2f54fbba70724 IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 109908 76455e1b97a3ba92aafcdee086916f98 Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 112900 a705775dedf8d2918f1016d884db48ad 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/