-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1219-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Noah Meyerhans November 27, 2006 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : texinfo Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem type : local Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2005-3011 CVE-2006-4810 BugTraq ID : 14854 20959 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the GNU texinfo package, a documentation system for on-line information and printed output. CVE-2005-3011 Handling of temporary files is performed in an insecure manner, allowing an attacker to overwrite any file writable by the victim. CVE-2006-4810 A buffer overflow in util/texindex.c could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the victim's access rights by inducing the victim to run texindex or tex2dvi on a specially crafted texinfo file. For the stable distribution (sarge), these problems have been fixed in version 4.7-2.2sarge2 Note that binary packages for the mipsel architecture are not currently available due to technical problems with the build host. These packages will be made available as soon as possible. For unstable (sid) and the upcoming stable release (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 4.8.dfsg.1-4 We recommend that you upgrade your texinfo 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 3.1 (stable) - ------------------- Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc. Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.7-2.2sarge2.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 622 f146d738696417a3f14e04875066ef9a http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.7.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 1979183 72a57e378efb9898c9e41ca839554dae http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.7-2.2sarge2.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 10614 07a591b00a79ba8e2acf13d7654bf3e8 alpha architecture (DEC Alpha) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/info_4.7-2.2sarge2_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 207720 1fce59e479c10386d5bab3d8aec99ddd http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.7-2.2sarge2_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 884956 93a3606294fd0059390b7da3c5803a1a amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/info_4.7-2.2sarge2_amd64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 191308 035c9fb7bffa818819e6e104218d5911 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.7-2.2sarge2_amd64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 863680 8300c746fbb75231a09229f32f57d126 arm architecture (ARM) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/info_4.7-2.2sarge2_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 178812 d8781c075692500d4d6a799019697a72 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.7-2.2sarge2_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 848862 4d31ba02e3004a5e290d6204ba402b19 hppa architecture (HP PA RISC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.7-2.2sarge2_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 867668 934d2a72b73c4342066f1fba21c35fff http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/info_4.7-2.2sarge2_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 195122 07ea3515643ddb8dc29791802974ec40 i386 architecture (Intel ia32) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.7-2.2sarge2_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 846972 eb370f53f4db1681ead784353f6711c4 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/info_4.7-2.2sarge2_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 179614 ee08c755b1eb00043173acfdae2420d7 ia64 architecture (Intel ia64) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.7-2.2sarge2_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 912350 c99196682ffe5436a1f99da332e77f91 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/info_4.7-2.2sarge2_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 229398 e9e6dca2f2250bd07c0605e393105339 m68k architecture (Motorola Mc680x0) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/info_4.7-2.2sarge2_m68k.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 171354 93b5762ecf847bba77396f08b04e225e http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.7-2.2sarge2_m68k.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 838386 2d63f36ef81c84ae8bdad8f2be5f1797 mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/info_4.7-2.2sarge2_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 197790 a4995ad93353790e9c65c1670013ee9d http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.7-2.2sarge2_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 871394 33293634348c2de181f44a1cde80a296 powerpc architecture (PowerPC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.7-2.2sarge2_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 858718 15af021f7fcc9f8725e6148fcbc7ea45 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/info_4.7-2.2sarge2_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 190392 0ad24b055c5c6db61c81120a9a3931ee s390 architecture (IBM S/390) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/info_4.7-2.2sarge2_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 190132 5d21d2dbfe5625f0a16a9016869ebd07 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.7-2.2sarge2_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 862776 79880b6208371510574f131376c01097 sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/info_4.7-2.2sarge2_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 179676 ff45ad02e7f8a92ce2c99225a3671f3e http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.7-2.2sarge2_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 849696 5ebdcaed10e4bf038162a6a937f1bc1a 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 v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFayLpYrVLjBFATsMRAr8QAJwMUFJRrl3lqUjDNuEriBflqgbSegCeMf3b oyYOKM9gVNPxs27TOTn/nYc= =ECWy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. 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