[SECURITY] [DSA-364-3] New man-db packages fix segmentation fault

From: Matt Zimmerman (mdzat_private)
Date: Mon Aug 18 2003 - 06:11:37 PDT

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    Debian Security Advisory DSA 364-3                     securityat_private
    http://www.debian.org/security/                             Matt Zimmerman
    August 18th, 2003                       http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package        : man-db
    
    A previous man-db update (DSA-364-1) fixed buffer overruns in ult_src, a
    part of the "mandb" command that finds the canonical source file for
    each man page.  However, this update introduced an error in the routine
    that resolves hardlinks: depending on the filenames of hardlinked man
    pages, that routine might itself overrun allocated memory, causing a
    segmentation fault.
    
    For the current stable distribution (woody), this problem has been fixed
    in version 2.3.20-18.woody.4.
    
    For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
    version 2.4.1-13.
    
    We recommend that you update your man-db 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/m/man-db/man-db_2.3.20-18.woody.4.dsc
          Size/MD5 checksum:      632 fd96d9c25398ac5e0cb6dbbd89f70f9a
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.3.20-18.woody.4.diff.gz
          Size/MD5 checksum:   107325 d287b1744b738ad3f2bc6bd87623a18f
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.3.20.orig.tar.gz
          Size/MD5 checksum:   516391 5021f8a23cba9b14df39aa06407baefb
    
      Alpha architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.3.20-18.woody.4_alpha.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   543536 a280db35ac8b3a256e62b358a2510b09
    
      ARM architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.3.20-18.woody.4_arm.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   478518 e9094fb1bd1fb6bdcdc6e3e6fb2ace4b
    
      Intel IA-32 architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.3.20-18.woody.4_i386.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   472876 c8c8400072025e08a95edb64ba386128
    
      Intel IA-64 architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.3.20-18.woody.4_ia64.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   601840 39c8eb1e7d77709e7d65c66d03d2b499
    
      HP Precision architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.3.20-18.woody.4_hppa.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   521108 a322b8873e1c058ef8bebcf920379dcb
    
      Motorola 680x0 architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.3.20-18.woody.4_m68k.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   467758 74a07b9d7676c7df78dd3ae07c5d8480
    
      Big endian MIPS architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.3.20-18.woody.4_mips.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   516178 6864f6f061ba849bbc8889aae8ddfd49
    
      Little endian MIPS architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.3.20-18.woody.4_mipsel.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   517228 2f41b1d7f3a4e055a4464e90dc378ec6
    
      PowerPC architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.3.20-18.woody.4_powerpc.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   494144 b7cfa8a5ffea0fc18f9385919ea2953a
    
      IBM S/390 architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.3.20-18.woody.4_s390.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   479174 67d8220b09b7f911e27d3c0f8068d6fa
    
      Sun Sparc architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.3.20-18.woody.4_sparc.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:   479226 22258abf6a45f8c2a23a73c17d6798bd
    
      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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