security advisorybuffer overflowsoftware update
hztty, a program to translate Chinese character encodings in aterminal session. These vulnerabilities could be exploited by a localattacker to gain root privileges on a system where hztty is installed.. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 385-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Matt Zimmerman September 18th, 2003 Debian -- Debian security FAQ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : hztty Vulnerability : buffer overflows Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE Ids : CAN-2003-0783 Jens Steube reported a pair of buffer overflow vulnerabilities in hztty, a program to translate Chinese character encodings in a terminal session. These vulnerabilities could be exploited by a local attacker to gain root privileges on a system where hztty is installed. Additionally, hztty had been incorrectly installed setuid root, when it only requires the privileges of group utmp. This has also been corrected in this update. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0-5.2woody1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will befixed in version 2.0-6. We recommend that you update your hztty 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: 560 ade09c908df6e49f68b5565bc9deed7b Size/MD5 checksum: 379941baafd52655cf29ba344844b20d5635 Size/MD5 checksum: 229189 7ec5907ad55825780274b8a77b217e21 Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 153682 792436d6241caf9ed0f84d46eb7adbf0 ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 149582 5e4f10714ff728bdc78109546e6a471f Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 149174 527fcdc48e8fd94db9aeeff1aeae1cfd Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 156842 4887f3b937c0c19bcbf16f1334fd545c HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 153142 275d3fd6af0e1c5fcb56115471e832eb Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 148908 0afe3dc146fe516a090ceeb8efed8310 Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 152414 009dfc06d43eddc92829c46c914b2d4e Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 152488 331b8f3a232024fbbef9a9ad826a2ad9 PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 150156 1079ca383c253bce3b7949a618cc4d28 IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 150668 899a29ef01281669243cc49c6be15b03 Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 153624 fedf0fb0846b7cf7be1a9c1b33d3ee57 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/akSIArxCt0PiXR4RAqFzAJ0RhR31w9nJTWQc2NiKXPiI7ZiUkgCgiQI1 A9f3n0Nu0FuyN5w39IzB0U4=rqEJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- . Explore the Debian Security Advisory DSA 385-1 addressing a local buffer overflow threat in hztty, urging updates.. Debian Advisory,hztty buffer overflow,local securitythreat,root access escalation. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 19, 2003
•Important
Debian
Refine advisories
