[SECURITY] [DSA 644-1] New chbg packages fix arbitrary code execution
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 10:41:00 +0100 (CET)
From: [email protected] (Martin Schulze)
Subject: [SECURITY] [DSA 644-1] New chbg packages fix arbitrary code execution
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 644-1 [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
January 18th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : chbg
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem-Type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2004-1264
Debian Bug : 285904
Danny Lungstrom discoverd a vulnerability in chbg, a tool to change
background pictures. A maliciously crafted configuration/scenario
file could overflow a buffer and lead to the execution of arbitrary
code on the victim's machine.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.5-1woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.5-4.
We recommend that you upgrade your chbg 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/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 600 3cb28b61fb97dca63f09a486dae5612f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 3612 08098cf0fec406380e968186766de027
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 322878 4a158c94c25b359c86da1de9ef3e986b
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 294456 afd6ce377d43c0df909d955e04c328cd
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 247338 878c528ab81decd999503ad47557fc4a
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 244862 d3a09b86dfc44164c541cda2eb66ce66
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 345228 e4b9ae6b9da9c34d5a930727bdfc1a44
HP Precision architecture:
Cannot be updated due to compiler error.
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 222916 7dce4c0b3ae27f624ee472bd153d5c66
Big endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 249054 66402b53b158bfa0b2144b6b97b1d794
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 247536 769f5074ad1f4b148191d0e196d01778
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 271272 f6b03b2a05de42ee203d7d9cbfe7c468
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 239098 f20c7b0e36ecfc4540d3673f4ec477dd
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 263302 28df5318e314bbaf79493b485aa6cffa
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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