From joey@infodrom.org Tue Jan 18 11:26:45 2005 From: Martin Schulze Resent-From: list@murphy.debian.org (SmartList) To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 10:41:00 +0100 (CET) Reply-To: listadmin@securityfocus.com Subject: [SECURITY] [DSA 644-1] New chbg packages fix arbitrary code execution -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 644-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze January 18th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - -------------------- 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/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. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB7NmrW5ql+IAeqTIRAmUEAKCLSpd0/8eiiFhfymdRCV70pS6p9QCfUIfW JmmWy3Pi87ZjfreLomQQIls= =WpPd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----