-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1714-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff January 28, 2009 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : rt2570 Vulnerability : integer overflow Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2009-0282 It was discovered that an integer overflow in the "Probe Request" packet parser of the Ralinktech wireless drivers might lead to remote denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. Please note that you need to rebuild your driver from the source package in order to set this update into effect. Detailed instructions can be found in /usr/share/doc/rt2570-source/README.Debian For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.0+cvs20060620-3+etch1. For the upcoming stable distribution (lenny) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.0+cvs20080623-2. We recommend that you upgrade your rt2570 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 4.0 alias etch - ------------------------------- Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc. Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rt2570/rt2570_1.1.0+cvs20060620-3+etch1.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 664 457b00a7cf3d60bef559e9cdc442e036 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rt2570/rt2570_1.1.0+cvs20060620-3+etch1.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 4958 20b48e5fb05d999bfc643a2bb0c7401f http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rt2570/rt2570_1.1.0+cvs20060620.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 253367 f4131d670920a878b4d4a0f5d4d8b93a Architecture independent packages: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rt2570/rt2570-source_1.1.0+cvs20060620-3+etch1_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 252986 58a62ca3f7d3b1b49cfbe9aa02eabe7b 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 v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkmA1AYACgkQXm3vHE4uylqP5wCgvkyLcqYXLurUCv63n/d976yp y4oAnR+rh2rcq3guOIIGtbincx3m71/j =mHgg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/