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Debian: DSA-078-2 Urgent: Slrn Insecure Command Execution Vulnerability

Byrial Jensen found a nasty problem in slrn (a threaded news reader).. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-078-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Wichert Akkerman September 24, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : slrn Problem type : remote command invocation Debian-specific: no Byrial Jensen found a nasty problem in slrn (a threaded news reader). The notice on slrn-announce describes it as follows: When trying to decode binaries, the built-in code executes any shell scripts the article might contain, apparently assuming they would be some kind of self-extracting archive. This problem has been fixed in version 0.9.6.2-9potato2 by removing this feature. wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 alias potato --------------------------------- Potato was released for alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc and sparc. Source archives: MD5 checksum: aba6be7efd5c693d9f5466afedcb08e2 MD5 checksum: 51a80c1465a7fcc4d74151c4bd4470d1 MD5 checksum: 7ce442af03aeafb88a636183955c270e Alpha architecture: MD5 checksum: 735e5ce15e7f87ac06a8cdecb1451a9f MD5 checksum: 8b22f916ee5044ae6eaebbd658cffcad ARM architecture: MD5 checksum: 0cefa901be37e4b92796afb425369a10 MD5 checksum: e68e5882a1d4feec1ba7fc9a737085d3 Intel IA-32 architecture: MD5 checksum: fc35e0d868dad315728c5274ee03a41c MD5 checksum: c3693811c8f794dc0b5bab3f581df0e8 Motorola 680x0 architecture: MD5 checksum: 004a260f84dc2e45ea144b1899947327 MD5 checksum: 2721c2b2470b7781dd79e5c0e216cf3f PowerPC architecture: MD5 checksum: 9bc55c33a225662952854136da4865aa MD5 checksum:d78f8f3460d4abba54a088e5a07179c5 Sun Sparc architecture: MD5 checksum: 37c48f0b104b94d5f74c7b9f76a0485d MD5 checksum: df2be8b02b16d7a85142365b42a64956 These packages will be moved into the stable distribution on its next revision. For not yet released architectures please refer to the appropriate directory . -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- apt-get: deb Debian -- Security Information stable/updates main dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Advisory DSA-078-1 reveals a critical slrn vulnerability enabling command execution on Debian systems.. remote command injection, slrn threat management, debian advisory. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar 2 Sep 24, 2001 Critical Debian
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Debian: DSA-045-3 Important: Slrn Memory Corruption Vulnerability

slrn might overflow a buffer which could result into executingarbitraty code encoded in the message.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-040-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Wichert Akkerman March 9, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : slrn Problem type : buffer overflow Debian-specific: no Bill Nottingham reported a problem in the wrapping/unwrapping functions of the slrn newsreader. A long header in a message might overflow a buffer and which could result into executing arbitraty code encoded in the message. The default configuration does not have wrapping enable, but it can easily be enabled either by changing the configuration or pressing W while viewing a message. This has been fixed in version 0.9.6.2-9potato1 and we recommand that you upgrade your slrn package immediately. wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 alias potato --------------------------------- Potato was released for alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc and sparc. Source archives: MD5 checksum: 5dd13f483c2fa61d6fd6370f7813df82 MD5 checksum: 813ad9482041914b484428281fc28ad8 MD5 checksum: 7ce442af03aeafb88a636183955c270e Alpha architecture: MD5 checksum: 8329209a6aa996d1ae6d661f56dd3188 MD5 checksum: 91cd53de5c2c8cd58fecbec3c703156b ARM architecture: MD5 checksum: 25e04bc0fbf2f7d6f04005c2ecb4831d MD5 checksum: eef5b32a35d8193cfbe7988f683f70bf Intel ia32 architecture: MD5 checksum: c871721245934e479a70fc712fa24021 MD5 checksum: 2e8c43ac86e3a28ca5c65f40c47315d8 Motorola 680x0 architecture: MD5 checksum: a30edb247ac6bed594a848421588e8bb MD5 checksum: 7aeeca1532ef2d384d98990aa51c5bc8 PowerPCarchitecture: MD5 checksum: f7fdde7f8a5028812fb5d06779c0fb63 MD5 checksum: 74a4648cdcfaf38243f7654a9b496832 Sun Sparc architecture: MD5 checksum: ac9f606cf5524dd1865e7b85314e7a3a MD5 checksum: 7b912bd3e7d406be4e041bea90d77439 These files will be moved into soon. For not yet released architectures please refer to the appropriate directory . . Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4100-1: Critical CUPS privilege escalation vulnerability mandates urgent remediation to prevent unauthorized system access.. Debian Security Advisory, Slrn Issue, Buffer Overflow Fix. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

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