Debian Security Advisory DSA 522-1                     security@debian.org 
Debian -- Security Information                              Matt Zimmerman
June 19th, 2004                          Debian -- Debian security FAQ 
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package        : super
Vulnerability  : format string
Problem-Type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Ids        : CAN-2004-0579

Max Vozeler discovered a format string vulnerability in super, a
program to allow specified users to execute commands with root
privileges.  This vulnerability could potentially be exploited by a
local user to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

For the current stable distribution (woody), this problem has been
fixed in version 3.16.1-1.2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will has been fixed
in version 3.23.0-1.

We recommend that you update your super 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:

      
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  Alpha architecture:

      
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  ARM architecture:

      
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  Intel IA-32 architecture:

      
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  Intel IA-64 architecture:

      
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  HP Precision architecture:

      
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  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

      
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  Big endian MIPS architecture:

      
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  Little endian MIPS architecture:

      
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  PowerPC architecture:

      
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  IBM S/390 architecture:

      
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  Sun Sparc architecture:

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

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