[SECURITY] [DSA 414-1] New jabber packages fix denial of service

From: Matt Zimmerman (mdz_at_debian.org)
Date: 01/07/04

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    Debian Security Advisory DSA 414-1 security@debian.org
    http://www.debian.org/security/ Matt Zimmerman
    January 6th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package : jabber
    Vulnerability : denial of service
    Problem-Type : remote
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE Ids : CAN-2004-0013

    A vulnerability was discovered in jabber, an instant messaging server,
    whereby a bug in the handling of SSL connections could cause the
    server process to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

    For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been
    fixed in version 1.4.2a-1.1woody1.

    For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
    version 1.4.3-1.

    We recommend that you update your jabber 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/j/jabber/jabber_1.4.2a-1.1woody1.dsc
          Size/MD5 checksum: 580 efa342add13e86c05cb394604aab89d0
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/j/jabber/jabber_1.4.2a-1.1woody1.diff.gz
          Size/MD5 checksum: 61467 d8b19d51fc83095db7132e1c5abc651c
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/j/jabber/jabber_1.4.2a.orig.tar.gz
          Size/MD5 checksum: 690217 10780dbdb93926ea5bb360e1186b939c

      Alpha architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/j/jabber/jabber_1.4.2a-1.1woody1_alpha.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 241262 e1dfb66863a3392f0e078503fc070ba3

      ARM architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/j/jabber/jabber_1.4.2a-1.1woody1_arm.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 207750 4f6554511245c45dea401b767e60f8b8

      Intel IA-32 architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/j/jabber/jabber_1.4.2a-1.1woody1_i386.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 196148 522769b98c8daafcbc98248c41bce10c

      Intel IA-64 architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/j/jabber/jabber_1.4.2a-1.1woody1_ia64.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 356460 e30221687c1df3ce1e04d56f07e18073

      HP Precision architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/j/jabber/jabber_1.4.2a-1.1woody1_hppa.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 226222 e62ee0c273d73f325339a954058a6836

      Motorola 680x0 architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/j/jabber/jabber_1.4.2a-1.1woody1_m68k.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 200616 7dcda4e913787e0511eb4dc148ce61ea

      Big endian MIPS architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/j/jabber/jabber_1.4.2a-1.1woody1_mips.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 203188 7124007a61770fc8146eaa7969757dd2

      Little endian MIPS architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/j/jabber/jabber_1.4.2a-1.1woody1_mipsel.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 202356 31d39182928dca472a77a516fab60698

      PowerPC architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/j/jabber/jabber_1.4.2a-1.1woody1_powerpc.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 205032 6a4ea17882063074292b7682abeb032a

      IBM S/390 architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/j/jabber/jabber_1.4.2a-1.1woody1_s390.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 210494 d631c49818c85f5b6b003c115b36b7cf

      Sun Sparc architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/j/jabber/jabber_1.4.2a-1.1woody1_sparc.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 224836 90d74ff4bc33673515d47e8ede21f6fa

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

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    For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
    For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
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    Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/>
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