[SECURITY] [DSA 289-1] New rinetd packages fix denial of service

From: Martin Schulze (joeyat_private)
Date: Thu Apr 17 2003 - 06:13:21 PDT

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    Debian Security Advisory DSA 289-1                     securityat_private
    http://www.debian.org/security/                             Martin Schulze
    April 17th, 2003                        http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package        : rinetd
    Vulnerability  : incorrect memory resizing
    Problem-Type   : remote
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE Id         : CAN-2003-0212
    
    Sam Hocevar discovered a security problem in rinetd, an IP connection
    redirection server.  When the connection list is full, rinetd resizes
    the list in order to store the new incoming connection.  However, this
    is done improperly, resulting in a denial of service and potentially
    execution of arbitrary code.
    
    For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
    version 0.61-1.1.
    
    For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been
    fixed in version 0.52-2.1.
    
    For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
    version 0.61-2
    
    We recommend that you upgrade your rinetd 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 2.2 alias potato
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      Source archives:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rinetd/rinetd_0.52-2.1.dsc
          Size/MD5 checksum:      529 d2e500fcd901d2d95c5f6b6425a52c08
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rinetd/rinetd_0.52-2.1.diff.gz
          Size/MD5 checksum:     2709 7d0d2f5973b1f846bf3510056bc04ba1
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rinetd/rinetd_0.52.orig.tar.gz
          Size/MD5 checksum:    37061 27ea6c84c2a23712c82f6661db50db84
    
      Alpha architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rinetd/rinetd_0.52-2.1_alpha.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    22218 e8614a8e5ee5d995095a512a0a39d953
    
      ARM architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rinetd/rinetd_0.52-2.1_arm.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    21340 e4245bc0bc5d1e8db5b1748d5f6b0c65
    
      Intel IA-32 architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rinetd/rinetd_0.52-2.1_i386.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    19668 826434042bdefafb5061686ffbf84d58
    
      Motorola 680x0 architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rinetd/rinetd_0.52-2.1_m68k.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    19134 40e563e72eb4d5021809f8c529a7b278
    
      PowerPC architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rinetd/rinetd_0.52-2.1_powerpc.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    19436 4e7c1b0e2f14c9fd5079587a8c1f17f4
    
      Sun Sparc architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rinetd/rinetd_0.52-2.1_sparc.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    22488 b1b427b1756ca6514701bc03593ff758
    
    
    Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
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      Source archives:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rinetd/rinetd_0.61-1.1.dsc
          Size/MD5 checksum:      552 ebb1a8e214c048294d0e8eedb9ed0436
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rinetd/rinetd_0.61-1.1.diff.gz
          Size/MD5 checksum:     2947 655c6a2d5d97c9f0c3d0361e414829d4
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rinetd/rinetd_0.61.orig.tar.gz
          Size/MD5 checksum:    35718 850d5b32cd53339e200e978b5cd06c7d
    
      Alpha architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rinetd/rinetd_0.61-1.1_alpha.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    22980 0b44b269d5e377b534c602b3680a495e
    
      ARM architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rinetd/rinetd_0.61-1.1_arm.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    22940 0e1503b368786bbc62d9e5f4e69daf5f
    
      Intel IA-32 architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rinetd/rinetd_0.61-1.1_i386.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    20846 47b483fd4e519748fde85679f127d8f4
    
      Intel IA-64 architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rinetd/rinetd_0.61-1.1_ia64.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    27694 7e0759e67d0e4c500c1169d12e3bd09c
    
      HP Precision architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rinetd/rinetd_0.61-1.1_hppa.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    21326 e79312cfc10d341de6696046b34fb2b2
    
      Motorola 680x0 architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rinetd/rinetd_0.61-1.1_m68k.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    20362 c4977c42e178aca4f7557d7b518bbc4d
    
      Big endian MIPS architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rinetd/rinetd_0.61-1.1_mips.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    22166 3408a418f53baf79476954a1d92db64d
    
      Little endian MIPS architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rinetd/rinetd_0.61-1.1_mipsel.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    22126 e40de2ae705f61a24c229e835f7008b8
    
      PowerPC architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rinetd/rinetd_0.61-1.1_powerpc.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    20592 adb2fb03b7a699fb2d27d2513e5e3a84
    
      IBM S/390 architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rinetd/rinetd_0.61-1.1_s390.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    21442 330a6cb0f51afeb3b0aa2a6f9fb1f488
    
      Sun Sparc architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rinetd/rinetd_0.61-1.1_sparc.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    23648 3783d35a77ac4547fb011c8991c21439
    
    
      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
    Mailing list: debian-security-announceat_private
    Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/>
    
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