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The version of splitvt distributed in Debian GNU/Linux 2.1, the frozen (potato) and unstable (woody) distributions, is vulnerable to a local buffer overflow.. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Wichert Akkerman June 5, 2000 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package: splitvt Vulnerability: local root exploit Debian-specific: no This is an update to the previous splitvt advisory. The previous release had incorrrect addresses for the updates for Debian GNU/Linux potato. The version of splitvt distributed in Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 (a.k.a. slink), as well as in the frozen (potato) and unstable (woody) distributions, is vulnerable to a local buffer overflow. This could be exploited to give a shell running as root. This has been fixed in versions 1.6.3-7.0slink1 and 1.6.3-7.1, and we recommend that you update your splitvt package immediately. Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 alias slink - - -------------------------------- This version of Debian was released only for Intel ia32, the Motorola 680x0, the Alpha, and the Sun Sparc architecture. Source archives: MD5 checksum: 883b177488cb1618e757169c383ef563 MD5 checksum: 73b1d7633a59d0b34aefd38409ceaa8e MD5 checksum: e95e166145ec51d2a9d80aa6472f9f98 Alpha architecture: MD5 checksum: 52ed7478ad363584cd9f21577abd0365 Intel ia32 architecture: MD5 checksum: 3531a6ec3009862cd4a3c671a0fa2204 Motorola 680x0 architecture: MD5 checksum: 467646eef73e0285a4ef5d3d2aaa0939 Sun Sparc architecture: MD5 checksum: 0913b4bdbf5a66f915068322f1f133be Debian 2.2 alias potato - - ----------------------- This version of Debian is not yet released. Fixes are currently available for Intel ia32 and the Sun Sparc architecture. Fixes for other architectures willbe available soon. Source archives: MD5 checksum: 158e4c37b56d09e4fb7e6d4a1eda6551 MD5 checksum: c7924da369529b09acf6a7234ec07c08 MD5 checksum: e95e166145ec51d2a9d80aa6472f9f98 Intel ia32 architecture: MD5 checksum: d814d49f46f8108590554abc8ed79737 Sun Sparc architecture: MD5 checksum: 4197c4e30fe5e9f48187ba8df3526c7b Debian Unstable alias woody - - --------------------------- A fix will be available in the unstable archive soon. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb https://www.debian.org/security/ stable updates For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb https://www.debian.org/security/ stable updates For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQB1AwUBOTwg8KjZR/ntlUftAQGWwQL/ckQ3GN6bw9+wV/MM0Cm3pxsoXanARrmy g3Aj3yMPGGFuYS/IXhmtVV2PuPnDvOnrWUVek5xsWdT5oI+yWHsUFCzeIvtWxyrB ol6FtqVEawKm5uoqQXG1MffKuTzL4VAk =9w+C -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- . Ensure system security with this critical update for splitvt addressing local root exploit vulnerabilities.. Debian Exploit, Splitvt Update, Local Root Patch. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 05, 2000
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