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Overflow allows users with any specific superuser privileges in /etc/calife.auth to gain general superuser privileges.. Debian Security Advisory DSA 461-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Matt Zimmerman March 11th, 2004 Debian -- Debian security FAQ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : calife Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE Ids : CAN-2004-0188 Debian bug : 235157 Calife, a program which provides super user privileges to specific users, was found to contain a buffer overflow related to the getpass(3) library function. A local attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, given knowledge of a local user's password and the presence of at least one entry in /etc/calife.auth, to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.4c-1woody1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.6-1. We recommend that you update your calife 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: 573 8def6850642ea48816f119986071c08c Size/MD5 checksum: 5929 787f026768175eedd4faa087468bf07e Size/MD5 checksum: 67628 c78ff2bc3d3d42903d12b54e841a400f Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 245281f19f26e3739df4767249dc5f46dbde7 ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 22086 fb858512bda4128cb6a7c5d73d3c7043 Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 22446 03096dc8a5bd5b020fa6e6d27591d780 Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 26084 b77f33b501c0402c6882922431161ba3 HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 22922 620682272cbacd5dae78f2842555265c Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 22208 7f904162126847bd6cdedb536321841f Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 22658 2b6f0cf00246471330f2297fd747d63b Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 22614 a5228887a678ff52d1a68e03df4d7f56 PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 22698 efaddbb63bed475b34ed5188b06cf8b5 IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 22928 5020310cf3c4800fde1f0a26b0ac0f3d Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 24936 75c41bd8275d8be77d289ae4aaaea0d8 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next revision. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb Debian -- Security Information stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Package info: `apt-cache show ' and https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages . Urgent update for calife to fix heap overflow enabling superuser access. Update recommended for Debian users.. Debian Security Advisory, Calife Exploit, Buffer Overflow Exploit. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 12, 2004
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