Debian: 'xtokkaetama' buffer overflow
Summary
Another buffer overflow was discovered in xtokkaetama, involving the
"-nickname" command line option. This vulnerability could be
exploited by a local attacker to gain gid 'games'.
For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed
in version 1.0b-6woody2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem is fixed in version
1.0b-9.
We recommend that you update your xtokkaetama 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
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Source archives:
Size/MD5 checksum: 593 eb84bec50c2115725ee1c8477bd06d1a
Size/MD5 checksum: 6598 e3f0f614059206a4145033da3a767990
Size/MD5 checksum: 107487 101ee56e00f4b0b9dc10caa3e38fc826
Alpha architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 112644 8adee7a174ca894b8d4f4abaa908e4e6
ARM architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 105516 aadcb40dad8d8b07058fb0b275bbda12
Intel IA-32 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 101918 8127aeaefddc310805bb600b73aa35ff
Intel IA-64 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 123860 95516e820f6143db875fc6cb060af3b3
HP Precision architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 110168 be2129764d4238f27796752ba6c186ce
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 100736 394f476c9028fd7851bdae74cd36e21f
Big endian MIPS architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 108042 7bd17d6e4da207b0e2cca6268f0f9107
Little endian MIPS architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 107244 499d335449b1761995be6cefead1bdca
PowerPC architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 107800 14352aca4111cec66cffd68a88834b75
IBM S/390 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 105076 02b177a29fd4723d3147981c044aa287
Sun Sparc architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 109056 c781e63ec9128bf5e559457d3d43c27c
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next revision.