Debian 3.0 DSA 598-1 Critical Yardradius Buffer Overflow Exploit

Max Vozeler noticed that yardradius, the YARD radius authentication
and accounting server, contained a stack overflow similar to the one
from radiusd which is referenced as CAN-2001-0534. This could lead to
the execution of arbitrary code as root.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0.20-2woody1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0.20-15.

We recommend that you upgrade your yardradius package immediately.


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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