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Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in nd, a command-line WebDAVinterface, whereby long strings received from the remote server couldoverflow fixed-length buffers. This vulnerability could be exploitedby a remote attacker in control of a malicious WebDAV server toexecute arbitrary code if the server was accessed by a vulnerableversion of nd.. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 412-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Matt Zimmerman January 5th, 2004 Debian -- Debian security FAQ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : nd Vulnerability : buffer overflows Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE Ids : CAN-2004-0014 Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in nd, a command-line WebDAV interface, whereby long strings received from the remote server could overflow fixed-length buffers. This vulnerability could be exploited by a remote attacker in control of a malicious WebDAV server to execute arbitrary code if the server was accessed by a vulnerable version of nd. For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.5.0-1woody1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.8.2-1. We recommend that you update your nd 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: 566d2e27c164d3544a251804570379eb44c Size/MD5 checksum: 3533 4a7b92e2df684bf7f312e3a827764671 Size/MD5 checksum: 52117 d07741e6323fdeb38a6b4549bca02c53 Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 20650 c67cd2e49a3a61649ce5a452d55b05eb ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 18072 3837139e2a5beba99b59984bb748315d Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 17314 5edd55545dc4a923333a67aea035e095 Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 24434 a538a442a1bb1b7c1cd5ee64096a3a1b HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 20862 92c12defa016b8a577ddf4fb1d80fdc3 Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 16622 f61ea0df91f69157ef653b406af90871 Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 19466 d4d60babdecee2e7612410eb8670b9df Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 19470 e9a1e61cd15011fe1a30da782d3c7da9 PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 18204 fb699d5bb90844990c52495f3863ccfe IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 18212 65c7e34f77ddf46ebc4d10656772d055 Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 17420 6d172963ca07e2e6ca0a1ab2bf59f67a 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 . Multiple buffer overflows in Debian's nd package allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. Update recommended now.. Debian Security, Nd Exploit, WebDAV Server Risk. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 06, 2004
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