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Debian DSA 416-1 High: Fsp Buffer Overflow And Directory Traversal Threat

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Calendar Grey January 7, 2004
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To improve security on Debian systems, apply the latest FSP updates that address vulnerabilities like buffer overflow and directory traversal, fortifying defenses
A remote user could both escape from the FSP root directory, and also overflow a fixed-length buffer to execute arbitrary code.

Summary

A vulnerability was discovered in fsp whereby a remote user could both
escape from the FSP root directory (CAN-2003-1022), and also overflow
a fixed-length buffer to execute arbitrary code (CAN-2004-0011).

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been
fixed in version 2.81.b3-3.1woody1.

For the unstable distribution, this problem is fixed in version
2.81.b18-1.

We recommend that you update your fsp 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

Source archives:


Size/MD5 checksum: 562 210afdf9311b68661ffce1845593c161

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Package: fsp

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