From joey@infodrom.org Wed Apr 16 03:24:40 2003 From: Martin Schulze Resent-From: list@murphy.debian.org (SmartList) To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 15:33:03 +0200 (CEST) Reply-To: listadmin@securityfocus.com Subject: [SECURITY] [DSA 267-2] New lpr packages fix local root exploit (potato) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 267-2 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze April 15th, 2003 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : lpr Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE Id : CAN-2003-0144 The correction for CAN-2003-0144 for the old stable distribution (potato) was a little bit too strict apparently and this update corrects this. For completeness here is the advisory text: A buffer overflow has been discovered in lpr, a BSD lpr/lpd line printer spooling system. This problem can be exploited by a local user to gain root privileges, even if the printer system is set up properly. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2000.05.07-4.3. For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in version 0.48-1.2. For the stable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2000.05.07-4.20. We recommend that you upgrade your lpr package immediately. 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 2.2 alias potato - --------------------------------- Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lpr/lpr_0.48-1.2.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 533 f66736520a00e74d609a421afdc08100 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lpr/lpr_0.48-1.2.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 8949 18e106588274936d15c89e42ad518fb3 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lpr/lpr_0.48.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 75943 7b67555568e1c2d03aedbe66098a52a5 Alpha architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lpr/lpr_0.48-1.2_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 112834 0cece83c9dfe9faf9bb1f6453822c7bd ARM architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lpr/lpr_0.48-1.2_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 89230 d403908d35e4d7ce9642183b11fa4457 Intel IA-32 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lpr/lpr_0.48-1.2_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 86036 7c2d6c093621b62e8ed7b2fde9bc3296 Motorola 680x0 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lpr/lpr_0.48-1.2_m68k.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 81994 f884f37a9056b3ab0967ac027a3563a5 PowerPC architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lpr/lpr_0.48-1.2_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 91248 f75d16b597c2e1cd908f5d20afd3f16a Sun Sparc architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lpr/lpr_0.48-1.2_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 97840 64fc8bdbdc927ae7df58e0aadd0a8f74 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org Package info: `apt-cache show ' and http://packages.debian.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+nAoPW5ql+IAeqTIRAjxxAJ9qon82Z65wpJJBte32Co8k/PlVyACfYWCU tiOuNsOtm6D8fAvs3IiER74= =h7M0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----