DSA 1255-1: New libgtop2 packages fix arbitrary code execution

Posted by Bob on: 01/31/2007 09:25 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

The Debian Security Team published a new security update for Debian GNU/Linux. Here the announcement:

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1255-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
January 31st, 2007 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : libgtop2
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem-Type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2007-0235
Debian Bug : 407020

Liu Qishuai discovered that the GNOME gtop library performs insufficient
sanitising when parsing the system's /proc table, which may lead to
the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.6.0-4sarge1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been
fixed in version 2.14.4-3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.14.4-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your libgtop2 packages.

Upgrade Instructions
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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
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Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2_2.6.0-4sarge1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 1558 6e012a83940fe31ae0d64ced366a58e9
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2_2.6.0-4sarge1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 58508 d66ed1acf2831f659342792a1787ddbc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2_2.6.0.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 1483167 aeae36a2da64b2b341b0b9db8a2d085c

Alpha architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 363984 b82767ef44963fb6d5945b7edfd3c055
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 38320 d40106921373e4cef359195b597e3ee2
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 100094 eb2cc8982703c37a65e38d706bfe916b

AMD64 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 361060 9294a928287ce471a3218adbb86f53a4
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 37626 95373955bd4cbc749dde63b7e530650c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 90420 58541ddbeba9aef54baf1ca66a9e55c6

ARM architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 359864 8e088f34eccb68ff8c82b4018c492dc0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 36146 1e31c5281dc868e069a6b281e741dcbf
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 92496 73203ae1976e14c34fb217270fa4527a

HP Precision architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 365318 d9a135ac041dc789b861161c7ba21f61
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 37572 a2f6faba4370e79305f4809abde941a8
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 95446 0a3d6c322172255a64275499ce91707b

Intel IA-32 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 361340 4dc929bdc5b03c772b4f39c35d06aef0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 36444 e9751591cff993c6bf0def55e430da0e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 90800 06925a21375447779f87e9b440fea29e

Intel IA-64 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 368376 ce61826e7e7be0cb0b78aff82a16a989
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 40018 9f318e6a714e0ffe7286b343cab4d01e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 100456 0069bd4595ab148e463304102f6f0454

Motorola 680x0 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 358446 4e6a0874bbc2dc2ec7ff16707d10ec6e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 35892 6f42db70e6f9dd4b05129d403805b69e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 85486 47350bc782385b49cb70fd9932c79613

Big endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 359904 6f0b86cd9dff9b34657bc1461a3297f7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 37428 e0e158c23acba429687f6f7daac94e15
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 93148 cc7b5caf7f59f6071f462bcd6b7a41a7

Little endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 359952 3dd91f0a99c72837c935d29cabf391b7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 37418 159ffeb3dd3cc3eb2730dd2ed3dcfaaf
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 93280 7c39762ad4fbbd839b4237ee8200a5e5

PowerPC architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 362772 f9d055f15f97182b28d9f3ef66bac8a6
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 38218 ef49976f3e321177dc09c0881691cc94
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 91700 b5756141d6a49bb3b3223d825003c283

IBM S/390 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 363564 a6772e12fe606ee5e6253d2ea17dec5f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 37424 eac2d13c0e19b8cd513b95d773853e9f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 92106 915785051d79b03196cccc508acb1a42

Sun Sparc architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 359220 9f195aa576358b0b7a8c7e1ae4cf6580
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 36184 c929e83611c822f8543ccdf7af13b0e0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 88696 0695ec78b9b32ff2ccad5d7894760e03

These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.

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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 lt;pkggt;' and http://packages.debian.org/lt;pkggt;
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