-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 725-2 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze July 4th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : ppxp Vulnerability : missing privilege release Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-0392 Jens Steube discovered that ppxp, yet another PPP program, does not release root privileges when opening potentially user supplied log files. This can be tricked into opening a root shell. For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.2001080415-6woody1 (DSA 725-1). For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.2001080415-10sarge2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.2001080415-11. We recommend that you upgrade your ppxp 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 3.1 alias sarge - -------------------------------- Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp_0.2001080415-10sarge2.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 714 0e065407ae76d9ca2f9def7a1d8f92af http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp_0.2001080415-10sarge2.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 8957 ed343f25afa1ade81217f8b315d25e96 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp_0.2001080415.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 426444 35dc6007ee4eafa9685f5e1e695a1464 Alpha architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp_0.2001080415-10sarge2_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 273842 9ed2250a15a07b317cd277237e80f669 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-dev_0.2001080415-10sarge2_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 84818 f405c062f88ad812c57bbe7f5fcb8c26 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-tcltk_0.2001080415-10sarge2_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 63084 2214812bc3da14f06d992322ca9f15d2 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-x11_0.2001080415-10sarge2_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 76728 7b2ff4bc2208e1a93f9d123c2c31cc4a ARM architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp_0.2001080415-10sarge2_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 225104 f23ae008a1f1261a4b1f4c84afd35c71 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-dev_0.2001080415-10sarge2_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 66496 0410908c710d224b793b275d375cf76c http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-tcltk_0.2001080415-10sarge2_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 57168 5dd01ecdcf92a83cd973de739c518e03 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-x11_0.2001080415-10sarge2_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 61732 72b35701c12b3046b23ca19db5506c75 Intel IA-32 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp_0.2001080415-10sarge2_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 222244 027926b5e5ac4cf6c4f22f0cd5890e84 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-dev_0.2001080415-10sarge2_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 64024 3c59e05e77e2530260734474cf0bb77c http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-tcltk_0.2001080415-10sarge2_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 58142 56dc14c3039685d119b16c2b806d5fbd http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-x11_0.2001080415-10sarge2_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 61534 71d2ad92f1d77ad4d89ecd7de67219f6 Intel IA-64 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp_0.2001080415-10sarge2_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 295426 a39f4b9d22a0a0b725bec69d606f1a81 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-dev_0.2001080415-10sarge2_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 81148 6b0399263e036d09b66806fb091524ef http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-tcltk_0.2001080415-10sarge2_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 66188 e4fe2c30e754e698f3eb6fe3eb8d9719 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-x11_0.2001080415-10sarge2_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 82972 efb913c2bf338a52637cc82c97327a88 HP Precision architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp_0.2001080415-10sarge2_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 243160 b3835adfae98f76b3efdfcd7853d0171 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-dev_0.2001080415-10sarge2_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 69424 d80e5e19b63973e4f80c39ad3233e5a8 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-tcltk_0.2001080415-10sarge2_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 61478 ae640e45c9c4abdd037b085a32bdd03e http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-x11_0.2001080415-10sarge2_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 69866 b68592ad39a9284257f5fc49de8cab1f Motorola 680x0 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp_0.2001080415-10sarge2_m68k.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 213564 9a276b8aec26a867671523ff5035fdd2 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-dev_0.2001080415-10sarge2_m68k.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 64214 bf06732df6fc3229f8965f59beca5101 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-tcltk_0.2001080415-10sarge2_m68k.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 58110 46bb2da34671c0d32d1f4d32dc770ec6 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-x11_0.2001080415-10sarge2_m68k.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 60158 f386258d996efae327a9fa8fca820a17 Big endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp_0.2001080415-10sarge2_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 247092 6bba1ce186cf00882c3932c10d67cf02 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-dev_0.2001080415-10sarge2_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 69660 2598103571a690e4bf8f64ecada6b638 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-tcltk_0.2001080415-10sarge2_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 59014 18a76c0648817a537c8cfdfa5c3eb793 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http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-x11_0.2001080415-10sarge2_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 69660 096e956414ad270ec935502bed3479d8 Sun Sparc architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp_0.2001080415-10sarge2_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 226238 9a230cf800ca7e5d0902e380f193c7d7 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-dev_0.2001080415-10sarge2_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 67016 d2c506f94eee2cb632d64b3a1d95df2d http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-tcltk_0.2001080415-10sarge2_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 57950 fd91ff4f6399226d70ba885c756d7e49 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/ppxp/ppxp-x11_0.2001080415-10sarge2_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 62376 680aca599e7d986519483354f4e61e85 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ 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