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The slashem package is vulnerable to a buffer overflow exploited via a long '-s' command line option. This vulnerability could be used by an attacker to gain gid 'games' on a system where slashem is installed.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 316-2 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Matt Zimmerman June 11th, 2003 Debian -- Debian security FAQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : slashem Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE Id : CAN-2003-0358 The slashem package is vulnerable to a buffer overflow exploited via a long '-s' command line option. This vulnerability could be used by an attacker to gain gid 'games' on a system where slashem is installed. Note that slashem does not contain the file permission problem CAN-2003-0359, addressed in nethack in DSA-316-1. For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 0.0.6E4F8-4.0woody3. For the old stable distribution (potato) problem xxx has been fixed in version 0.0.5E7-3potato1. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems are fixed in version 0.0.6E4F8-6. We recommend that you update your slashem 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 2.2 alias potato --------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 646 c1260aec0e4482acf4f92a50a339aeb2 Size/MD5 checksum: 18514 cf58b260c973a4904ca17585364f9479 Size/MD5 checksum: 3417627 fb572487b96b31af79b53f6d8fc5d0ea Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1407622 befbf1f68b7f09e84d13336867e7ef05 ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1166174 5f375d78fbee11fb197cc18b2c1b6035 Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1069950 b631b6f9ff0b11eeb6b2d3c337dc42b6 Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1021770 1b7197100e7c59e108b02d4f9fd2c832 PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1151790 1cfe94de576794a4f4ae31a51f2cb48d Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1172080 0f42ad8b59d725dc637d36cc792f1cfd Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 671 6e0378a87cfb1eb63b584da9f7ebee00 Size/MD5 checksum: 13165 2f698a1a083465bbfd1f875f9875ecdc Size/MD5 checksum: 4331015 2abd847d4f5fc426d6c7ed5a97b0de99 Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1868864 9e59db9dffbc4fdb3973775236b56b2d ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1576768 9bd2470960f06c7b404e10fbdc70f7e3 Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1465086 bf5fda3a71bf45ea444006a45d43ee5d Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 2125556 8c1e66316b4b03ec74389b1da3fe2cc8 HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1714032 6944f94947bce488e1331cf3acdcf738 Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1411706 9caae66305fdb6e82afaf93442ea96af Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1628620 cc0c4fedd449ce5f80349ea3ad816ec8 Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1632522 e6b46c75fa17fe82c0791868371a6db6 PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1574996 9085a3b1e5708599f8ec9e62693977d8 IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1549104829ed8bd7743d2eeae4e17392faad905 Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1596788 f6474b287da991a0426c83710862c249 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 . Upgrade slashem in Debian due to a critical buffer overflow that allows gaining elevated rights.. Debian Security, Slashem Exploit, Buffer Overflow Risk. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 12, 2003
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