Debian: New netkit-telnet packages fix arbitrary code execution
Summary
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 697-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze March 29th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package : netkit-telnet Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-0469 iDEFENSE researchers discovered a buffer overflow in the handling of the LINEMODE suboptions in telnet clients. This can lead to the execution of arbitrary code when connected to a malicious server. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.17-18woody3. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your telnet 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: 602 2fe6640e0719f7aa44a7815a89a12a41 Size/MD5 checksum: 22327 943fcd9a5048df83ce6d4f00c5b64853 Size/MD5 checksum: 133749 d6beabaaf53fe6e382c42ce3faa05a36 Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 84292 0b84a10dfc8714c16dbbb022f3344616 Size/MD5 checksum: 45876 7a1893a937dd23489c45cc31d0e1605b ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 69924 8bb25a534f053a693aa971df0e15d71f Size/MD5 checksum: 39618 2cfc8d96f00bb739333adf0659caceb6 Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 70736 838259bf5d62e438959162e53aad0fa0 Size/MD5 checksum: 38616 b70a384a508e0405e91f3790f0668081 Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 102868 70da46fb55cb87eb86e926ffbd9d0bb2 Size/MD5 checksum: 52542 8a459f0368d5f861f9bf4ab35ce6a8c3 HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 70048 f14aa30e55f6ea4d40f6c4164d3db8bb Size/MD5 checksum: 43568 11ecc34f1825ceecda70fb89265b688e Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 67226 572135d4d9d8978bc0a1ea6202f7c1be Size/MD5 checksum: 37524 1c061c7ee5e3879b88eadda2b21eb463 Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 80896 7de7f5ad30e0f95a5661b2cfe44f95ab Size/MD5 checksum: 42678 a77278475feb6cb0ec3b605a5a904218 Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 80828 70c559a8b71a8c03350eeccf53f3e25d Size/MD5 checksum: 42670 51cb8ffb5f3c4b525682e78d7ae1481e PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 73288 38517e77c45ed6c66fddb4d817b4829a Size/MD5 checksum: 40326 9ca930698e43c7bf55865fca839d57e4 IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 73250 e2f4333b7dc6bf55dd3c46ed98734499 Size/MD5 checksum: 41272 7cce38638c1e4a9564369ff5e7e68a69 Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 74240 5a83b9953328c8de75a76682ce30da35 Size/MD5 checksum: 45374 167f760979a1eb531461178ed576b82c 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