Debian 3.0 DSA 655-1 Critical: Zhcon File Access Risk and Mitigation
debian
January 25, 2005
Erik Sjölund discovered that zhcon, a fast console CJK system using the Linux framebuffer, accesses a user-controlled configuration file with elevated privileges
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Summary
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your zhcon 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
Size/MD5 checksum: 571 cef550eb0e12c8841fb19dec63b57c18
Size/MD5 checksum: 18162 5757142ee30a5d3e990180a44bfbf8cd
Size/MD5 checksum: 4727022 7a15d08e903c0d40f1f659b23185c4c0
Alpha architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 4577314 574567f7d5ff0c730d7c8403da284d62
ARM architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 4566364 e9cc7274596bd6...
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