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Debian 3.0 DSA 354-1 Moderate: Xconq Buffer Overflow Threat

Steve Kemp discovered a buffer overflow in xconq, in processing theUSER environment variable. In the process of fixing this bug, asimilar problem was discovered with the DISPLAY environmentvariable.. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 354-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Matt Zimmerman July 29th, 2003 Debian -- Debian security FAQ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : xconq Vulnerability : buffer overflows Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE Ids : CAN-2003-0607 Steve Kemp discovered a buffer overflow in xconq, in processing the USER environment variable. In the process of fixing this bug, a similar problem was discovered with the DISPLAY environment variable. This vulnerability could be exploited by a local attacker to gain gid 'games'. For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 7.4.1-2woody2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon. Refer to Debian bug #202963. We recommend that you update your xconq 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: 659 21842c8a96442ba3fb5339485c8bc83e Size/MD5 checksum: 36648 4ad0be0f65d303d85cd15c7b3a0ba2aa Size/MD5 checksum: 3401768 2b3eaa6ae341f64d32a4d8c361aa0456 Architectureindependent components: Size/MD5 checksum: 1243930 a5bf65b7a6f969cc6ea892dcb5561442 Size/MD5 checksum: 1279490 6ad1a14bece922518105dc59e3dec3a2 Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 765484 901f3fa5491b5ca3cb6e9c6777d7d7fd ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 662772 40e6eebdbc310e9aa41f8d5fa703c42d Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 591832 882d76656a399ff29d682926177eaf18 Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1234652 15e58939c9fa6730791ae857432e30e5 HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 647046 59f689429d17a95858157d71ebbabdfe Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 545314 4f792331fd5a376676e5992b6d7523ee Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 693316 0e3a8eff3df06a5612d79f49a8a1eab7 Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 690160 03a263baebbcaef62ef0ccf329ccc874 PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 585610 68313a2e1e5a5a1e8b66883894f296e9 IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 587336 ef95a0305f193e14ebfcc086381a15f1 Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 604292 632d2a38d285c3aea6ca240f9bd9329c 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 . Debian Security Advisory DSA 354-1 resolves moderate buffer overflow issue in xconq; local threat fixed with update.. Debian Security,xconq Patch,Buffer Overflow Issue,Local Attack Prevention. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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