Debian Security Advisory DSA 461-1                     security@debian.org 
Debian -- Security Information                              Matt Zimmerman
March 11th, 2004                         Debian -- Debian security FAQ 
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Package        : calife
Vulnerability  : buffer overflow
Problem-Type   : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE Ids        : CAN-2004-0188
Debian bug     : 235157

Calife, a program which provides super user privileges to specific
users, was found to contain a buffer overflow related to the
getpass(3) library function.  A local attacker could potentially
exploit this vulnerability, given knowledge of a local user's password
and the presence of at least one entry in /etc/calife.auth, to execute
arbitrary code with root privileges.

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been
fixed in version 2.8.4c-1woody1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.8.6-1.

We recommend that you update your calife 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:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:      573 8def6850642ea48816f119986071c08c
      
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      Size/MD5 checksum:    67628 c78ff2bc3d3d42903d12b54e841a400f

  Alpha architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    24528 1f19f26e3739df4767249dc5f46dbde7

  ARM architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    22086 fb858512bda4128cb6a7c5d73d3c7043

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    22446 03096dc8a5bd5b020fa6e6d27591d780

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    26084 b77f33b501c0402c6882922431161ba3

  HP Precision architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    22922 620682272cbacd5dae78f2842555265c

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    22208 7f904162126847bd6cdedb536321841f

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    22658 2b6f0cf00246471330f2297fd747d63b

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    22614 a5228887a678ff52d1a68e03df4d7f56

  PowerPC architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    22698 efaddbb63bed475b34ed5188b06cf8b5

  IBM S/390 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    22928 5020310cf3c4800fde1f0a26b0ac0f3d

  Sun Sparc architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    24936 75c41bd8275d8be77d289ae4aaaea0d8

  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next revision.

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