[SECURITY] [DSA 725-1] New ppxp packages fix local root exploit
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 17:52:08 +0200 (CEST)
From: [email protected] (Martin Schulze)
Subject: [SECURITY] [DSA 725-1] New ppxp packages fix local root exploit
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 725-1 [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
May 19th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : ppxp
Vulnerability : missing privilege release
Problem-Type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2005-0392
Jens Steube discovered that ppxp, yet another PPP program, does not
release root privileges when opening potentially user supplied log
files. This can be tricked into opening a root shell.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.2001080415-6woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.2001080415-11.
We recommend that you upgrade your ppxp 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/p/ppxp/ppxp_0.2001080415-6woody2.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 706 964d29fc5c29b87e0aa86d4166dcdfa5
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp_0.2001080415-6woody2.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 8253 3595338ba6d14102c827fecd776d4c11
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp_0.2001080415.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 426444 35dc6007ee4eafa9685f5e1e695a1464
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp_0.2001080415-6woody2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 264352 d4bd9bced5e4dc7fa17196a310b5e557
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-dev_0.2001080415-6woody2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 57274 a4313923dbd89b22e9698d654b091a2c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-tcltk_0.2001080415-6woody2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 61554 1a1c1ce48b78c56fc30ac934d3d03415
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-x11_0.2001080415-6woody2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 71538 5d5114a8c44791daabc9a83c68137bc9
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp_0.2001080415-6woody2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 221798 6152fd047000bb95d4a190bb6379b0b3
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-dev_0.2001080415-6woody2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 48290 5f6df1deda8f29283e205fae5766a899
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-tcltk_0.2001080415-6woody2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 57450 df72503ab14df19a597892c56e3932d5
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-x11_0.2001080415-6woody2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 60872 27899fde9424dfac635db9769c004433
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp_0.2001080415-6woody2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 213140 89cb35820dd2f6d249acece5dbfd0fd9
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-dev_0.2001080415-6woody2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 46656 bb3d151b9171d4ee00399cebf58c16b7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-tcltk_0.2001080415-6woody2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 56492 20bd9052ec7241fa8affa417c8ebe8ce
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-x11_0.2001080415-6woody2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 58488 90e34feabbd50fc3624986d0fbaea456
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp_0.2001080415-6woody2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 301726 d5e978bc304639a6433469dddb2331a3
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-dev_0.2001080415-6woody2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 56466 91ce31c7568cc0a90ff2db609a1c0df4
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-tcltk_0.2001080415-6woody2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 66850 c719a6205191021e3e1666f089366c56
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-x11_0.2001080415-6woody2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 82930 91f5054797b5e06aa93fc6979f84aec1
HP Precision architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp_0.2001080415-6woody2_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 241370 b3dd820d17dcbebf08c0db6832ee2794
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-dev_0.2001080415-6woody2_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 52530 7ea0bb8a124915b23557462d84111fb0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-tcltk_0.2001080415-6woody2_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 61200 440bf784087e2caeef6180fb68168962
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-x11_0.2001080415-6woody2_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 69298 3d444541b6f4638e1c08fc28bef20b75
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp_0.2001080415-6woody2_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 209544 f0367ccf232b1db80c9d9019700d3cd1
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-dev_0.2001080415-6woody2_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 47256 6c87bf5d43d195219abb26a086cb55da
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-tcltk_0.2001080415-6woody2_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 57572 5d4d73daad751f83543f142463ee2b81
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-x11_0.2001080415-6woody2_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 58838 70b368a6e2c88a2e6f8897f2af6bc746
Big endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp_0.2001080415-6woody2_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 242930 f1cdc78af11a5525234b5cb729711f85
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-dev_0.2001080415-6woody2_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 52216 3c9bdb59cf4e363c7eafe55ad4c98c6d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-tcltk_0.2001080415-6woody2_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 58002 fad1852775b1ffe31378041d61aa0540
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-x11_0.2001080415-6woody2_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 70490 b44d619f785d86a687dfc7e02fcbd17b
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp_0.2001080415-6woody2_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 243254 3023af6b39db97c963f1d42136abddce
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-dev_0.2001080415-6woody2_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 51134 ba2df4e6d00acfd4e34ed65a4b728539
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-tcltk_0.2001080415-6woody2_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 57786 e5ee8bbbc654f5410737a5a25d4109f3
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-x11_0.2001080415-6woody2_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 68876 6a84fc7283634162786adc8f10a4c4f1
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp_0.2001080415-6woody2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 226996 fefaf9555d2bc59600bd3cba6df65e7c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-dev_0.2001080415-6woody2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 50698 fa76f73bd51db1f27a95cf58aefb2899
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-tcltk_0.2001080415-6woody2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 58712 62ca9d4cb838da262a83285de145d620
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-x11_0.2001080415-6woody2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 63314 b51dcdc8bc0f6e6627819aa4ea91ffb3
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp_0.2001080415-6woody2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 223394 8fa85098c05da6035908cf3c00e371d8
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-dev_0.2001080415-6woody2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 48576 6f01949fb43e199475683be2c3f003e9
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-tcltk_0.2001080415-6woody2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 58740 8f9d6017ab0e0dcd110fe7e3a9a1f5b1
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-x11_0.2001080415-6woody2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 64706 d6a5b703a46e920e98b3bbff4f1a5d87
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp_0.2001080415-6woody2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 228070 78c09baee8c1fcf19812cb5901a2e6b0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-dev_0.2001080415-6woody2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 49538 b113918f1a2aadfb2d3003d36d3ab825
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-tcltk_0.2001080415-6woody2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 60172 b113214d78c36c80ff6ead9b1c6fdc86
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-x11_0.2001080415-6woody2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 66830 ffb39d3d4daa3e6c9a0b1ff0ab5af9a8
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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