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Debian 2.1: 23.0slink1 Critical: AMD Remote Exploit Fixed

The version of amd that was distributed with Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 is vulnerable to a remote exploit. Passing a big directory name to amd its logging code would overflow a buffer which could be exploited. This has been fixed in version 23.0slink1. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Wichert Akkerman September 24, 1999 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The version of amd that was distributed with Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 is vulnerable to a remote exploit. Passing a big directory name to amd its logging code would overflow a buffer which could be exploited. This has been fixed in version 23.0slink1. We recommand that you upgrade your amd package immediately. wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 alias slink - -------------------------------- This version of Debian was released only for Intel, the Motorola 680x0, the alpha and the Sun sparc architecture. Source archives: pl102-23.0slink1.diff.gz MD5 checksum: 1182f8bd9ad26d171ff1295899a1460b 2-23.0slink1.dsc MD5 checksum: b5b842c6fa9068d5dfca426220c995f1 2.orig.tar. gz MD5 checksum: 76c61a893523001961437475ee2f79c5 Alpha architecture: alpha/amd_upl102-23.0slink1_alpha.deb MD5 checksum: ce3eb36f6ace8f0cd4530450d2286fce Intel ia32 architecture: i386/amd_upl102-23.0slink1_i386.deb MD5 checksum: 6ef7be0caa75d0320f7acd61674eedcf Motorola 680x0 architecture: m68k/amd_upl102-23.0slink1_m68k.deb MD5 checksum: 7f50ac1416a4b7c316bda99d5bc42ee0 Sun Sparc architecture: sparc/amd_upl102-23.0slink1_sparc.deb MD5 checksum: 08a00238f63f8a6cfcad011eaa5f0b39 - -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb Debian -- Security Information stable updates For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQB1AwUBN+rOj6jZR/ntlUftAQHo9gL9EZdJvreft6lfcACOMza3s+ki8uRkTKwu RS0cv8kWIqgwRLTDtuJpSYvVPpsA3lVoGrYK7BbiixjwngbnNsD6uOyCd+RDiPgw 11g9O+if3C/Wz2XX3Gi2EMDgCiGlszqD =1LhS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- . Debian AMD package patch addressing remote vulnerabilities with release 23.0slink1 has been issued. Update suggested.. Debian Security Advisory, AMD Remote Exploit Fix, Security Patch. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Dec 13, 1999 •Critical Debian