[SECURITY] [DSA 517-1] New CVS packages fix buffer overflow
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 12:00:39 +0200 (CEST)
From: (Martin Schulze) <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [SECURITY] [DSA 517-1] New CVS packages fix buffer overflow
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 517-1 [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
June 10th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : cvs
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2004-0414
Derek Robert Price discovered a potential buffer overflow
vulnerability in the CVS server, based on a malformed Entry, which
serves the popular Concurrent Versions System.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.11.1p1debian-9woody6.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.12.8-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your cvs package.
Upgrade Instructions
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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
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 693 78cbaadcaaca26b6314519f07438f315
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 53411 8929158c0e561a3a9dfffb3fe139ebcc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 2621658 500965ab9702b31605f8c58aa21a6205
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1178980 a0cbfe582bc24d6aeaabf73864cf5ea7
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1105486 b72090d480345f2d53a9865508ccbde6
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1086270 045983b8647b3c1ddfdf790f38827099
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1271230 345ffdefe2745de88627909480628d3c
HP Precision architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1147628 d13cf3f32407ec327dff62079825aa97
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1065934 61ace03fa7975fd2d16b52973635823a
Big endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1130030 a246813a0ec77d80ca670dd4d8b3cf6e
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1131336 0e207672b627d0273967a98893d85afd
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1116424 d43475e6515397d7b2cdabbf3841e4eb
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1097264 547f092cf847da218eea35301575319c
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1107512 c960e899d7e95b357a1fff411d86bd6e
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: [email protected]
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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