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Debian: Nfs-Common 0.1.9.1-1 Critical: Remote Root Exploit

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Calendar Grey July 16, 2000
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nfs-common is vulnerable to a remote root compromise

Summary

Package: nfs-common (from nfs-utils)
Vulnerability: remote root exploit
Debian-specific: no

The version of nfs-common distributed in Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (a.k.a
potato), as well as in the unstable (woody) distribution, is vulnerable to a
remote root compromise. No exploit is known to exist in the wild, but the
vulnerability has been verified.

This has been fixed in version 0.1.9.1-1 of the nfs-common package. We
recommend that you update nfs-common immediately.

Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 alias slink

The "rpc.statd" program is not a part of Debian 2.1. No fix is necessary.

Debian 2.2 alias potato
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This version of Debian is not yet released. Fixes are currently available
for Alpha, Intel ia32, PowerPC, and the Sun Sparc architecture. Fixes for
other architectures will be available soon.

Source archives:

MD5 checksum: fd1e84bed0a48c55f95ae9359b11c0ca

MD5 checksum: 26176be2d2c236b4ea2e551da14a9f9f

Alpha architecture:

MD5 checksum: 2ae...

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