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Debian 2.2 DSA-072-1 Moderate Groff Printf Code Execution Risk

The pic command was vulnerable to a printf format attackwhich made it possible to circumvent the -S option and executearbitrary code.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-072-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Wichert Akkerman August 10, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : groff Problem type : printf format attack Debian-specific: no Zenith Parse found a security problem in groff (the GNU version of troff). The pic command was vulnerable to a printf format attack which made it possible to circumvent the -S option and execute arbitrary code. This has been fixed in version 1.15.2-2. wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 alias potato --------------------------------- Potato was released for alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc and sparc. Source archives: MD5 checksum: 80a1f4d1a73206bc39442c59b3298c31 MD5 checksum: 37c101207617f750821362f14c4d70a3 MD5 checksum: 0c87c54b39a71da4ad92a67f13b740a2 Alpha architecture: MD5 checksum: 914c0bd3a63a42f6ad382a83af6809c3 ARM architecture: MD5 checksum: 86e061ec9c65cd138c809ddf4dc2a32d Intel IA-32 architecture: MD5 checksum: cec3f02dd9c9fc020dd93e0437368a25 Motorola 680x0 architecture: MD5 checksum: b06c81a8d23f54eba8e605a5ce9331fc PowerPC architecture: MD5 checksum: b2adb7c67438c511e9d745b87efa1667 Sun Sparc architecture: MD5 checksum: 1e07e5ecbfc7c066397e97bdf23dc014 These packages will be moved into the stable distribution on its next revision. For not yet released architectures please refer to the appropriate directory . -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- apt-get: deb Debian -- Security Information stable/updates main dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Debian Vulnerability Advisory reveals a moderate risk of a printf attack that could lead to arbitrary code execution.. groff vulnerability, Debian security fix, printf attack. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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