[SECURITY] [DSA 611-1] New htget packages fix arbitrary code execution

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 611-1 security_at_debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
December 20th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : htget
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2004-0852

"infamous41md" discovered a buffer overflow in htget, a file grabber
that will get files from HTTP servers. It is possible to overflow a
buffer and execute arbitrary code by accessing a malicious URL.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.93-1.1woody1.

This package is not present in the testing and unstable distributions.

We recommend that you upgrade your htget 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/h/htget/htget_0.93-1.1woody1.dsc
      Size/MD5 checksum: 462 35e77a77cfdfbf194a7ffa72199a0d9c
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htget/htget_0.93-1.1woody1.tar.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum: 30747 5ceb4c71d6a7356ba0c21c535649274c

  Alpha architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htget/htget_0.93-1.1woody1_alpha.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum: 19750 574b61323f92ebe875a240530f1841ad

  ARM architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htget/htget_0.93-1.1woody1_arm.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum: 14084 3ce8b4030ae5fe4f6f8906af364f63e1

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htget/htget_0.93-1.1woody1_i386.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum: 13650 93e282213c11f4401df7d6f5e01919ee

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htget/htget_0.93-1.1woody1_ia64.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum: 20714 11b76a5c8b90880f78d30b474f834ceb

  HP Precision architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htget/htget_0.93-1.1woody1_hppa.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum: 15278 aa6ed9c4c6163464716389f970597867

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htget/htget_0.93-1.1woody1_m68k.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum: 12984 f0337dbb8f3bf291c2051620a7e85498

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htget/htget_0.93-1.1woody1_mips.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum: 15346 59e45b51f5285220716362ff668c81fb

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htget/htget_0.93-1.1woody1_mipsel.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum: 15356 eebe539aa515993b252a5b3927892f21

  PowerPC architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htget/htget_0.93-1.1woody1_powerpc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum: 15200 a8987d09dd743dfa3da8e4d048ce2a4e

  IBM S/390 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htget/htget_0.93-1.1woody1_s390.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum: 14430 0d48f492b6b6b6623652fdc352286790

  Sun Sparc architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htget/htget_0.93-1.1woody1_sparc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum: 17790 1b78f544092bf5908b2a792a98a544e5

  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_at_lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>

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Received on Dec 20 2004