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It was discovered that newsx, an NNTP news exchange utility, was affected by a buffer overflow allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a news article containing a large number of lines starting with a period.. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA-1622-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Thijs Kinkhorst July 31, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------Package : newsx Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem type : local (remote) Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-3252 Debian Bug : 492742 It was discovered that newsx, an NNTP news exchange utility, was affected by a buffer overflow allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a news article containing a large number of lines starting with a period. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6-2etch1. For the testing (lenny) and unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6-3. We recommend that you upgrade your newsx 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 4.0 alias etch - -------------------------------Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 601 a96fab9796a6947419d0fa8b116117d1 Size/MD5 checksum: 302553 45d7b7655c7e30c22321f41d701bb6f4 Size/MD5 checksum: 105510 6d0b8e91489284a99d7e3d1d1a18438a alpha architecture (DECAlpha) Size/MD5 checksum: 179232 a1e5978150fdc4e85ae5429df50dce14 amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64)) Size/MD5 checksum: 159000 36120414520dabbe24a603535483d627 arm architecture (ARM) Size/MD5 checksum: 148522 f86262e52e3cfe57f9149cd7d03b9792 hppa architecture (HP PA RISC) Size/MD5 checksum: 166048 3664074d8015308faacfdc24813cbe2e i386 architecture (Intel ia32) Size/MD5 checksum: 149314 0d0223be6ec9375b11a29271e14f0ba0 ia64 architecture (Intel ia64) Size/MD5 checksum: 229656 d9525b17ed531e7f94bf795016559ab0 mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian)) Size/MD5 checksum: 169628 9902b13a40be1f8839ea6553bebda796 mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian)) Size/MD5 checksum: 169130 082f47df05acf04de8a1590acad38124 powerpc architecture (PowerPC) Size/MD5 checksum: 158742 f172b7b889f111cc2090082878f80816 s390 architecture (IBM S/390) Size/MD5 checksum: 161132 8e5ca0412a29bd03dfbdf1dd8e88df30 sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC) Size/MD5 checksum: 147978 511f9a433c89f3fe114ebe04158d65ab These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------For apt-get: deb https://www.debian.org/security/ 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. . Debian Security Notice DSA-1623-1 highlights a vulnerability in emacs that enables unauthorized access. Immediate update advised.. newsx, buffer Overflow, remote Code Execution, debian advisory, security Update. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
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