Full Disclosure: [SECURITY] [DSA 723-1] New XFree86 packages fix arbitrary code execution
[SECURITY] [DSA 723-1] New XFree86 packages fix arbitrary code execution
From: Martin Schulze <joey_at_infodrom.org>
Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 18:01:56 +0200 (CEST)
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 723-1 security_at_debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
May 9th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : xfree86
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2005-0605
Debian Bug : 298939
A buffer overflow has been discovered in the Xpm library which is used
in XFree86. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XPM
image that could lead to the execution or arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.1.0-16woody6
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed in
version 4.3.0.dfsg.1-13, which is currently in preparation.
We recommend that you upgrade your xfree86 and associated packages.
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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