-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 655-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze January 25th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : zhcon Vulnerability : missing privilege release Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-0072 Erik Sjölund discovered that zhcon, a fast console CJK system using the Linux framebuffer, accesses a user-controlled configuration file with elevated privileges. Thus, it is possible to read arbitrary files. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.2-4woody3. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your zhcon 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/z/zhcon/zhcon_0.2-4woody3.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 571 cef550eb0e12c8841fb19dec63b57c18 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zhcon/zhcon_0.2-4woody3.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 18162 5757142ee30a5d3e990180a44bfbf8cd http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zhcon/zhcon_0.2.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 4727022 7a15d08e903c0d40f1f659b23185c4c0 Alpha architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zhcon/zhcon_0.2-4woody3_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 4577314 574567f7d5ff0c730d7c8403da284d62 ARM architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zhcon/zhcon_0.2-4woody3_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 4566364 e9cc7274596bd612b85b832945d4fedc Intel IA-32 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zhcon/zhcon_0.2-4woody3_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 4549436 adcaa080b69de7c3d7de5d5c58bd2ee6 Intel IA-64 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zhcon/zhcon_0.2-4woody3_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 4594976 ff8e34b0df2d5548918698972ae71ac4 HP Precision architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zhcon/zhcon_0.2-4woody3_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 4590474 68576eb8887b9bda98afc3548704d491 Motorola 680x0 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zhcon/zhcon_0.2-4woody3_m68k.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 4545894 419dcce4d28053e9527888f064dd9a9d Big endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zhcon/zhcon_0.2-4woody3_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 4557002 70955d5fd0205214a4add453ebda3c9c Little endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zhcon/zhcon_0.2-4woody3_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 4555974 81e127f1ebecb1519ccc08472909a6cc PowerPC architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zhcon/zhcon_0.2-4woody3_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 4548730 7d99eb0b961e83cf9067355c39ba656b IBM S/390 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zhcon/zhcon_0.2-4woody3_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 4544774 172e282c5c27a5d12a2e3b709b7e89c2 Sun Sparc architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zhcon/zhcon_0.2-4woody3_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 4546018 f6d5b53efb642de658498c091884ff7e These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB9ibVW5ql+IAeqTIRAmVaAJ4hplX5cisx4UhwwC663bFI0eZDygCeLcB3 6cTDc5AQ6p8EvLTfU+HhGXU= =Jltb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----