[SECURITY] [DSA-092-1] local root in wmtv
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 02:14:16 +0100
From: Wichert Akkerman <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [SECURITY] [DSA-092-1] local root in wmtv
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-092-1 [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/ Wichert Akkerman
December 6, 2001
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Package : wmtv
Problem type : local root exploit
Debian-specific: no
Nicolas Boullis found a nasty security problem in the wmtv (a
dockable video4linux tv player for windowmaker) package as
distributed in Debian GNU/Linux 2.2.
wmtv can optionally run a command if you double-click on the tv
window. This command can be specified using the -e command-line
option. However since wmtv is installed suid root this command
was also run as root, which gives local users a very simple way
to get root access.
This has been fixed in version 0.6.5-2potato1 by dropping root
privileges before executing the command. We recommend that you
upgrade your wmtv package immediately.
wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 alias potato
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Potato was released for alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc and sparc.
Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/wmtv_0.6.5-2potato1.diff.gz
MD5 checksum: 71436864099e31a54191828eba1a5af1
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/wmtv_0.6.5-2potato1.dsc
MD5 checksum: fcfed7fae275bcd74f135db0fb315e27
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/wmtv_0.6.5.orig.tar.gz
MD5 checksum: 2ee18b3f1261137e8772d4f6a9dd0031
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-alpha/wmtv_0.6.5-2potato1_alpha.deb
MD5 checksum: da07aa390b028396000c8c8ebf180c44
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-arm/wmtv_0.6.5-2potato1_arm.deb
MD5 checksum: b0ee729c7de7dfb2b3e1c4c7a8f37e69
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/wmtv_0.6.5-2potato1_i386.deb
MD5 checksum: fd3ce69d983ae4b316114628c7c5fc74
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-m68k/wmtv_0.6.5-2potato1_m68k.deb
MD5 checksum: 774a7f254a1a1f27cd7a03f66ac11308
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-powerpc/wmtv_0.6.5-2potato1_powerpc.deb
MD5 checksum: 3b98c87d44c9570e4001ceec82d832be
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-sparc/wmtv_0.6.5-2potato1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksum: 7ecfd9e694e3b22b101c52c7f8c4f627
These packages will be moved into the stable distribution on its next
revision.
For not yet released architectures please refer to the appropriate
directory ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/binary-$arch/ .
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apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: [email protected]
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