[SECURITY] [DSA-302-1] New fuzz packages fix buffer overflow

From: Matt Zimmerman (mdzat_private)
Date: Wed May 07 2003 - 08:32:52 PDT

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    Debian Security Advisory DSA 302-1                     securityat_private
    http://www.debian.org/security/                             Matt Zimmerman
    May 7th, 2003                           http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package        : fuzz
    Vulnerability  : privilege escalation
    Problem-Type   : local
    Debian-specific: no
    
    Joey Hess discovered that fuzz, a software stress-testing tool,
    creates a temporary file without taking appropriate security
    precautions.  This bug could allow an attacker to gain the privileges
    of the user invoking fuzz, excluding root (fuzz does not allow itself
    to be invoked as root).
    
    For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
    version 0.6-6woody1.
    
    The old stable distribution (potato) does not contain a fuzz package.
    
    For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.
    
    We recommend that you update your fuzz 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.
    
      Source archives:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fuzz/fuzz_0.6-6woody1.dsc
          Size/MD5 checksum:      577 bf6dd207fa0508cca822683910fc328e
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fuzz/fuzz_0.6-6woody1.diff.gz
          Size/MD5 checksum:     2647 6d436f88438120335564a751c8e6c7bb
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fuzz/fuzz_0.6.orig.tar.gz
          Size/MD5 checksum:    54431 8c8e7c49729e0a98c0414faac7778ec7
    
      Alpha architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fuzz/fuzz_0.6-6woody1_alpha.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    22184 98ac95ea9cca956ec342f8b18bf0d8b6
    
      ARM architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fuzz/fuzz_0.6-6woody1_arm.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    20046 420a2c257d93039a2e27ae18b0c4548d
    
      Intel IA-32 architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fuzz/fuzz_0.6-6woody1_i386.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    19394 dd636a58bc57c1f4adb902e83e60ca83
    
      Intel IA-64 architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fuzz/fuzz_0.6-6woody1_ia64.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    24754 a226c2092bae626c5767b7a06b75b51e
    
      HP Precision architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fuzz/fuzz_0.6-6woody1_hppa.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    21346 ad651af91af27c4a8199d78d78b9bfab
    
      Motorola 680x0 architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fuzz/fuzz_0.6-6woody1_m68k.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    18434 3985be6572a58d6b0fc6f13e856d3843
    
      Big endian MIPS architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fuzz/fuzz_0.6-6woody1_mips.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    18766 87a801099dca5fb86b1280ab61325e60
    
      Little endian MIPS architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fuzz/fuzz_0.6-6woody1_mipsel.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    18786 aa1e18177aa68d5cde99b1cebbd0e521
    
      PowerPC architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fuzz/fuzz_0.6-6woody1_powerpc.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    19206 6028b01def9fdf47184c2767d51b48d8
    
      IBM S/390 architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fuzz/fuzz_0.6-6woody1_s390.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    19950 6724a5800094221fce7ed2ded3f1912b
    
      Sun Sparc architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fuzz/fuzz_0.6-6woody1_sparc.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    20624 38acf83ac371742c301c6b26f97c77b5
    
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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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