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New xzgv packages are available for Debian GNU/Linux

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 614-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
December 21st, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : xzgv
Vulnerability : integer overflows
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2004-0994

Luke "infamous41md" discoverd multiple vulnerabilities in xzgv, a picture viewer for X11 with a thumbnail-based selector. Remote exploitation of an integer overflow vulnerability could allow the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 0.7-6woody2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 0.8-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your xzgv package immediately.



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 3.0 alias woody
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Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xzgv/xzgv_0.7-6woody2.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 579 27ae6cedb8409d1a61250227194a6b18
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xzgv/xzgv_0.7-6woody2.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 6782 fc970417371b3fab54b0cee4bc9ad695
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xzgv/xzgv_0.7.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 296814 9a376cc01cf486a2a8901fbc8b040d29

Alpha architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xzgv/xzgv_0.7-6woody2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 199532 b3ac4de63867a36dd018ed530f0d10f7

ARM architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xzgv/xzgv_0.7-6woody2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 187026 299e911e0b72e2ec50a4e2fe483631fd

Intel IA-32 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xzgv/xzgv_0.7-6woody2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 185198 8daddd8cd55896f09bd34a962d506480

Intel IA-64 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xzgv/xzgv_0.7-6woody2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 219706 d06e18a31733ed58a8f0515d98ae36dd

HP Precision architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xzgv/xzgv_0.7-6woody2_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 195394 de8fb62bad56ed7b39d14242b82f501d

Motorola 680x0 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xzgv/xzgv_0.7-6woody2_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 181580 32bb51323358c9592bcb7a9a6254d378

Big endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xzgv/xzgv_0.7-6woody2_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 188456 b9db5a09c63151dd48a8c10670828527

Little endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xzgv/xzgv_0.7-6woody2_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 187458 6db543152183971188c0f02b2f06f5e6

PowerPC architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xzgv/xzgv_0.7-6woody2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 189504 c2df06701aef5409b88d342ef826335d

IBM S/390 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xzgv/xzgv_0.7-6woody2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 188976 530d93c6ca5132b42d64ca60c9fab9b0

Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xzgv/xzgv_0.7-6woody2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 188952 9f5fefef2a5581e77cf94b9ad4e9f042


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