[Full-Disclosure] [SECURITY] [DSA-391-1] New freesweep packages fix buffer overflow

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Date: 09/28/03

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    Debian Security Advisory DSA 391-1 security@debian.org
    http://www.debian.org/security/ Matt Zimmerman
    September 28th, 2003 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package : freesweep
    Vulnerability : buffer overflow
    Problem-Type : local
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE Ids : CAN-2003-0828

    Steve Kemp discovered a buffer overflow in freesweep, when processing
    several environment variables. This vulnerability could be exploited
    by a local user to gain gid 'games'.

    For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed
    in version 0.88-4woody1.

    For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

    We recommend that you update your freesweep package.

    Upgrade Instructions
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    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
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      Source archives:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freesweep/freesweep_0.88-4woody1.dsc
          Size/MD5 checksum: 604 3b4fcb708f68923f54b4e6e9a75cdf2f
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freesweep/freesweep_0.88-4woody1.diff.gz
          Size/MD5 checksum: 23476 8aa97d3f8d182be549621937a1de34a7
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freesweep/freesweep_0.88.orig.tar.gz
          Size/MD5 checksum: 72711 cfcbe96ee572d4e737da3166f20c3f85

      Alpha architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freesweep/freesweep_0.88-4woody1_alpha.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 41584 a80ee65d7609074a5fd0bb72a89d35c8

      ARM architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freesweep/freesweep_0.88-4woody1_arm.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 35648 42e0fea755cf1de15b96b6441bbca232

      Intel IA-32 architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freesweep/freesweep_0.88-4woody1_i386.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 35920 f4d5a64504e5f47aecd81178826c9386

      Intel IA-64 architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freesweep/freesweep_0.88-4woody1_ia64.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 49758 b85c448dc51c6abf177287064e458ec2

      HP Precision architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freesweep/freesweep_0.88-4woody1_hppa.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 40832 da4299857ed94f24e99581fc8aa7c55b

      Motorola 680x0 architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freesweep/freesweep_0.88-4woody1_m68k.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 33690 edf0a457199e07e44c3c7b787ab50466

      Big endian MIPS architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freesweep/freesweep_0.88-4woody1_mips.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 37940 2a33af6b5b6fc76e67708768492d4e10

      Little endian MIPS architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freesweep/freesweep_0.88-4woody1_mipsel.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 37982 3a106328946d6115590228df1112e8b3

      PowerPC architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freesweep/freesweep_0.88-4woody1_powerpc.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 36332 03da264cc52ea053cfa19c96ee0a56dd

      IBM S/390 architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freesweep/freesweep_0.88-4woody1_s390.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 36576 25ba7c0f70f83c2081b7b47a74b3b579

      Sun Sparc architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freesweep/freesweep_0.88-4woody1_sparc.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 38638 f59794b6e93379516b6a2b979b4a2db8

      These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
      its next revision.

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