From debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org Mon Sep 8 16:37:05 2003 From: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org Resent-From: list@murphy.debian.org (SmartList) To: full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 18:48:52 -0400 Reply-To: full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com Subject: [Full-Disclosure] [SECURITY] [DSA-378-1] New mah-jong packages fix buffer overflows, denial of service -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 378-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Matt Zimmerman September 7th, 2003 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : mah-jong Vulnerability : buffer overflows, denial of service Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE Ids : CAN-2003-0705 CAN-2003-0706 Nicolas Boullis discovered two vulnerabilities in mah-jong, a network-enabled game. - CAN-2003-0705 (buffer overflow) This vulnerability could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the mah-jong server. - - CAN-2003-0706 (denial of service) This vulnerability could be exploited by a remote attacker to cause the mah-jong server to enter a tight loop and stop responding to commands. For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.4-2. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 1.5.6-2. We recommend that you update your mah-jong package. 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 3.0 alias woody - -------------------------------- Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mah-jong/mah-jong_1.4-2.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 579 b473dfb32c1765f3b96a1d4897a728a5 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mah-jong/mah-jong_1.4-2.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 23814 c0465cd149b6f9bfc7f0096ab5d0d192 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mah-jong/mah-jong_1.4.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 259474 21cc99ddb9ae91cbe02b2119586f8860 Alpha architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mah-jong/mah-jong_1.4-2_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 311378 0ff83a703283cad7faa06609d330d9ef ARM architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mah-jong/mah-jong_1.4-2_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 272324 e6974d354918f6f4d0dffa3bb3eb4b9f Intel IA-32 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mah-jong/mah-jong_1.4-2_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 250012 a4f7d586918c3a712d073aa9e8e42bd5 Intel IA-64 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mah-jong/mah-jong_1.4-2_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 379856 b63ee72a1a2f4ac16e902ae0f8b5b3e1 HP Precision architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mah-jong/mah-jong_1.4-2_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 286728 c4c544f15f09199b753848cb7ee417d9 Motorola 680x0 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mah-jong/mah-jong_1.4-2_m68k.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 234410 91682fc41ab6fb8b57ebfb09681f3180 Big endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mah-jong/mah-jong_1.4-2_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 261874 977e1d059bbaca988a3cb60636e74d17 Little endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mah-jong/mah-jong_1.4-2_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 261666 45e1785dd5c17dcbec971fc8024b8787 PowerPC architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mah-jong/mah-jong_1.4-2_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 271566 5d25f219fdb987ca014775ae4ae9ee9c IBM S/390 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mah-jong/mah-jong_1.4-2_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 246116 be071c93713eb1257f9a8b8225968ad8 Sun Sparc architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mah-jong/mah-jong_1.4-2_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 269392 78b122c5b4145b039dda06d4e16cfe48 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next revision. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/W7VAArxCt0PiXR4RAlMPAJ9oD49qKrE9OK4LEHnVtA4dCfcM+QCcDPk/ w5fxjmEjVzpNWzgcO/lBpsQ= =t7CW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. 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