Debian: New zgv packages fix arbitrary code execution
Summary
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 1037-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze April 21st, 2006 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package : zgv Vulnerability : programming error Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2006-1060 Andrea Barisani discovered that zgv, an svgalib graphics viewer, attempts to decode JPEG images within the CMYK/YCCK colour space incorrectly, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 5.5-3woody3. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 5.7-1.4. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your zgv 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: Size/MD5 checksum: 603 17ee0337d957181e091a5ab098cab68f Size/MD5 checksum: 9037 fdf06ee05dda8d8804e41c77e9061e75 Size/MD5 checksum: 329235 629386a4df72f6ec007319bf12db1374 Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 211964 bfb2b46ca2d2009f2577c7ee88fe3693 Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge - -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 604 2ca8cd8b405de9c7e63f047878292b77 Size/MD5 checksum: 10353 f904838cdc843ca9928f416a5195bc4a Size/MD5 checksum: 384977 50f0127c250b6efe9c5f8850b96f3841 Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 227920 9666a9563aee30e0a5123c6e8c9fa682 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: dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
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