TITLE:
Debian update for smstools

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18357

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18357/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation, DoS

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
http://secunia.com/product/5307/
Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid
http://secunia.com/product/530/

DESCRIPTION:
Debian has issued an update for smstools. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service) and potentially to gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA18343

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smstools/

-- Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge --

Source archives:

smstools_1.14.8-1sarge0.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 5106 ef55852ce6da003ef5f45df6eed1a8c5
smstools_1.14.8-1sarge0.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 624 1e69b0c4a20ce7f08bce8a8b51b8504d
smstools_1.14.8.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 158423 85b342e53d7fdde89ef25ad21e1c5fe0

Alpha architecture:

smstools_1.14.8-1sarge0_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 184268 59ca41ecd61cc94de2b63c8698464732

AMD64 architecture:

smstools_1.14.8-1sarge0_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 178130 f957b798e9de3075e013521bbf6241d6

ARM architecture:

smstools_1.14.8-1sarge0_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 173506 aa2b0df1d47ad50070aebacc266f729d

HP Precision architecture:

smstools_1.14.8-1sarge0_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 180032 168dba93586bc10214fbb6a5914f962e

Intel IA-32 architecture:

smstools_1.14.8-1sarge0_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 166816 aee3afc84707f7190c255ed3739c2958

Intel IA-64 architecture:

smstools_1.14.8-1sarge0_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 201440 9868ead0f8885bc3851137b23d76877d

Motorola 680x0 architecture:

smstools_1.14.8-1sarge0_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 166452 d713ee667bee3c3186ba477f9d0f91a8

Big endian MIPS architecture:

smstools_1.14.8-1sarge0_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 182332 846d0a829680db2b3662982c9fe49d4f

Little endian MIPS architecture:

smstools_1.14.8-1sarge0_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 182004 db7200f1504ea22681e23e749435c22a

PowerPC architecture:

smstools_1.14.8-1sarge0_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 172100 183e00f44548fce56df228441593bb90

IBM S/390 architecture:

smstools_1.14.8-1sarge0_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 179978 ab77f608c71a908bc51e7781b51c416d

Sun Sparc architecture:

smstools_1.14.8-1sarge0_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 175994 a03ff752a8910e397e73f53649c5a931

-- Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid --

The vulnerability will reportedly be fixed soon.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/debian-security-announce-2006/msg00001.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA18343:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18343/

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