[SECURITY] [DSA 507-1] New cadaver packages fix buffer overflow

From: Martin Schulze (joey_at_infodrom.org)
Date: 05/19/04

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    Debian Security Advisory DSA 507-1 security@debian.org
    http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
    May 19th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package : cadaver
    Vulnerability : buffer overflow
    Problem-Type : remote
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE ID : CAN-2004-0398

    Stefan Esser discovered a problem in neon, an HTTP and WebDAV client
    library, which is also present in cadaver, a command-line client for
    WebDAV server. User input is copied into variables not large enough
    for all cases. This can lead to an overflow of a static heap
    variable.

    For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
    version 0.18.0-1woody3.

    For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
    version 0.22.1-3.

    We recommend that you upgrade your cadaver 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/c/cadaver/cadaver_0.18.0-1woody3.dsc
          Size/MD5 checksum: 668 cc085f1e27ca315d3443c7e536c9b349
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cadaver/cadaver_0.18.0-1woody3.diff.gz
          Size/MD5 checksum: 1674 d60b429cc57107856ffd180f3cb2836f
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cadaver/cadaver_0.18.0.orig.tar.gz
          Size/MD5 checksum: 405643 40fc8cf38c71b2f74692a91ba891845b

      Alpha architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cadaver/cadaver_0.18.0-1woody3_alpha.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 102242 3b45e150425b73405453f03c2e45f63b

      ARM architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cadaver/cadaver_0.18.0-1woody3_arm.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 83448 1a8f45defcd34ef51b3cb678e3106d27

      Intel IA-32 architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cadaver/cadaver_0.18.0-1woody3_i386.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 81472 e5476b51ea6efbcff662258effdfd5ee

      Intel IA-64 architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cadaver/cadaver_0.18.0-1woody3_ia64.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 125782 7b7dbd87a96e73ef3116c22c406d4bbb

      HP Precision architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cadaver/cadaver_0.18.0-1woody3_hppa.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 96250 f37a834f4a1cb9e80d36e50188e1bddf

      Motorola 680x0 architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cadaver/cadaver_0.18.0-1woody3_m68k.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 77522 c1c630fba52ac06d9e54a35d31922fb6

      Big endian MIPS architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cadaver/cadaver_0.18.0-1woody3_mips.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 95090 e74a612892d09b1e80fdc2129497bc6a

      Little endian MIPS architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cadaver/cadaver_0.18.0-1woody3_mipsel.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 94924 51eae2cf3b195cb7f25ec7b685bf18d2

      PowerPC architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cadaver/cadaver_0.18.0-1woody3_powerpc.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 87566 43894c27a77b6e5e64224aec283f1a39

      IBM S/390 architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cadaver/cadaver_0.18.0-1woody3_s390.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 84718 3787dd1d00c5b415822b3ec9763bbec9

      Sun Sparc architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cadaver/cadaver_0.18.0-1woody3_sparc.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 84288 13421f421d7a8f712b7047d6d69de01c

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

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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
    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
    Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/>

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