-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 522-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Matt Zimmerman June 19th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : super Vulnerability : format string Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE Ids : CAN-2004-0579 Max Vozeler discovered a format string vulnerability in super, a program to allow specified users to execute commands with root privileges. This vulnerability could potentially be exploited by a local user to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. For the current stable distribution (woody), this problem has been fixed in version 3.16.1-1.2. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will has been fixed in version 3.23.0-1. We recommend that you update your super package. Upgrade Instructions - -------------------- 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 - -------------------------------- Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1-1.2.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 575 cac1a056bb9e19b1338819fc4b88562c http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1-1.2.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 10032 99656fad8f5c309f26a02e2ef55d7358 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 192062 cc868b2fc2b44c47d86da314a11acf0b Alpha architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1-1.2_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 126800 06b6c023404345b2cf744dda440ffa05 ARM architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1-1.2_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 115492 89f02438278dfb1c01d93d47be991d7a Intel IA-32 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1-1.2_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 110300 357228adad26cd42db7f25c1634d8808 Intel IA-64 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1-1.2_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 144430 2d72df2a9ec7322272e0c5966b0e5b7c HP Precision architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1-1.2_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 124062 50ed0d3bc17633b2dcf01007ee7e035c Motorola 680x0 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1-1.2_m68k.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 108254 9cedd2b84c59a6666f7b8942ebde0597 Big endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1-1.2_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 120728 a7ccfd46184977221d8fd0b1ec0ef7e5 Little endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1-1.2_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 121174 77a234a605b57758fdbded86a533ce7f PowerPC architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1-1.2_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 116772 c190e00530ae034c0036a28b70cec5bd IBM S/390 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1-1.2_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 114678 04d5d44dc5298d141851bb3ca939c5ea Sun Sparc architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1-1.2_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 117518 5f5437d7e2879a1ead1916ee7d9453db These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next revision. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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@lists.debian.org Package info: `apt-cache show ' and http://packages.debian.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA0/vbArxCt0PiXR4RAsS3AJ0V1lW0QYN9YBE8xuG/y2hgwQgnWACgwP8r uDdnL36hNIK+eZKBK0M8xRU= =y9ry -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----