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Pavel Machek has found a buffer overflow in the `most' pager program.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 076-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Martin Schulze September 18, 2001 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : most Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : remote exploit Debian-specific: no Pavel Machek has found a buffer overflow in the `most' pager program. The problem is part of most's tab expansion where the program would write beyond the bounds two array variables when viewing a malicious file. This could lead into other data structures being overwritten which in turn could enable most to execute arbitrary code being able to compromise the users environment. This has been fixed in the upstream version 4.9.2 and an updated version of 4.9.0 for Debian GNU/Linux 2.2. We recommend that you upgrade your most package immediately. 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 2.2 alias potato ------------------------------------ Source archives: MD5 checksum: d5fc74c9f9aff4949bd620cec9e39888 MD5 checksum: c441024116f3674c9c04cf30b979973d Alpha architecture: MD5 checksum: aa349cd180b55d788d9b3374dcd53801 ARM architecture: MD5 checksum: 4c50cdbdf76985a53e5ca911149e3d17 Intel ia32 architecture: MD5 checksum: b998b05837b20e78e143be0ffdc3e44c Motorola 680x0 architecture: MD5 checksum: 751ad9e35b32de7b4c6ef9b514a92ff5 PowerPC architecture: MD5 checksum: 683430dc0f49cab9cfbd5564e0c29858 Sun Sparc architecture: MD5 checksum: db94cdb0fb2329e03c0e9cae67669208 These files will 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 . Critical update recommended for the `main` pager to address potential threats from external weaknesses linked to memory overflow complications.. Debian Advisory, Buffer Overflow, Remote Exploit, Most Pager Fix. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 18, 2001
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