Debian: nfs-util denial of service fix
Summary
--------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 606-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze December 8th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package : nfs-utils Vulnerability : wrong signal handler Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2004-1014 SGI has discovered that rpc.statd from the nfs-utils package, the Network Status Monitor, did not ignore the "SIGPIPE". Hence, a client prematurely terminating the TCP connection could also terminate the server process. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0-2woody2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your nfs-utils 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: 547 3130d22c0276d04624c6f2d1a11c8303 Size/MD5 checksum: 241106 1ad532739493eb1e75a8398b34d1ad7d Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 52842 015c232faf3cee96a5c3a54678c59977 Size/MD5 checksum: 79518 b4f4190c36fef9a93a2082bffd0e4d84 Size/MD5 checksum: 36782 6dd2f841d3e11784d2c8d1b4bd07dfd3 ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 44942 6c5f08da6424e097c8f1d8d4707f438f Size/MD5 checksum: 67632 8de496b9ec85c6c7701936d53c54d8c4 Size/MD5 checksum: 34466 d76dba5e7e3959106a5ae61546d10ca0 Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 44522 7f7420ee316712a6c8fdb84ad38c3423 Size/MD5 checksum: 66702 101b0a737c55fd410b004183e7d40cd5 Size/MD5 checksum: 33584 e52f4cec67c9857cc495271bc3b41b66 Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 59118 9fe256ee1e7df20f0e9fb1b7e703c39d Size/MD5 checksum: 93468 659c7cca40d3af68caa1763e09346518 Size/MD5 checksum: 41600 07dfa5bccb3398586771c3ad59cdfdda HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 50050 8e4f64ec9e32a6cb911ebe80ee3b3a8f Size/MD5 checksum: 75046 a5ad5228b08feb37f8cdf2550b45af01 Size/MD5 checksum: 36878 5f4742217e7755bab6a004995c0722f3 Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 43686 90559b02e9b9984d971355068fbc2d6c Size/MD5 checksum: 64354 0ac16c01b567116927527f21552c187a Size/MD5 checksum: 33302 d7e808ebf28a8825ee7e208dac71328c Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 47664 69f1a8ba05ecb0464d4c7ed2e61e9532 Size/MD5 checksum: 74858 f7ca8e3b86290eb46c607b7148fcc5a0 Size/MD5 checksum: 35798 9735fe0cca23043317622a5cf3bc29cd Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 47830 9de4abc7f659345aff33d2dd4a4b344f Size/MD5 checksum: 74918 2d20c2421b7108b767dcc500da0735a0 Size/MD5 checksum: 35730 efde5bc0a8395d54ad5bfe7f41a3a4a4 PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 45964 1169d5e000ce060eb93814eac3a37f4f Size/MD5 checksum: 69066 81a6c1defb8c99555bbe6e4448175be4 Size/MD5 checksum: 34536 23638627fbed5fa65351906c21da83ba IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 46148 b9f22c5ba045f822f7c32e63266c939c Size/MD5 checksum: 70118 19bf493ac9b9481dc9aa39b670c73ed2 Size/MD5 checksum: 34662 7b2570d55a49a79cc54d4b613d38ef94 Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 52116 a44018d8bfd17f534fc53f83fd8cafd0 Size/MD5 checksum: 76376 89f60dd027bf843aace78e0ddfe22ec3 Size/MD5 checksum: 37054 490c89a13f6f68715f619069f5a7a5ce 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 Package info: `apt-cache show' and http://packages.debian.org/