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Erik Sjölund discovered that playmidi, a MIDI player, contains a setuid root program with a buffer overflow that can be exploited by a local attacker.. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 641-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze January 17th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package : playmidi Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-0020 Erik Sjölund discovered that playmidi, a MIDI player, contains a setuid root program with a buffer overflow that can be exploited by a local attacker. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.4-4woody1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.4debian-3. We recommend that you upgrade your playmidi 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: 660 27266405df049e3ad78449aa26359180 Size/MD5 checksum: 11116 5593e29fbf22ee00c6ea1d2cc4fccd9d Size/MD5 checksum: 146742 04efb0826324bce1d93228c77d52f911 Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 151852 60b96643f5810f39bf0f7c8344bad727 ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1429446df41fcb7eadb971547306b81c3d04e0 Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 152556 07ed83461c1895ee6e473f72aef321c7 Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 168568 91ca1e75e685edba1cd280e2b7b57aae HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 147882 96433cebca7781212b33419726fd271e Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 132748 ec499ea1a198151560d5e1050738465c Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 144526 b8577f77664f10bc433140eccfa024d9 Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 143648 b2eac216eb51a3e75114662e0c3c3d05 PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 143318 4e42843f540adea484c9b6513f7cc1ac IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 141042 11ec7a55306c470ff9bb9c248e73d1e6 Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 147806 698b5ab0d50fc0a77c0bb4921c5b77d5 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. . Enhance your playmidi software to resolve a significant buffer overflow vulnerability that jeopardizes local accounts on Debian environments.. Playmidi Exploit, Debian Buffer Overflow, Local Attack Protection. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 17, 2005
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