DSA 698-1: New mc packages fix buffer overflow

Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 03/29/2005 06:30 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

New mc packages are avaiable for Debian GNU/Linux

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 698-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
March 29th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : mc
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem-Type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2005-0763

An unfixed buffer overflow has been discovered by Andrew V. Samoilov in mc, the midnight commander, a file browser and manager. This update also fixes a regression from DSA 497.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.5.55-1.2woody6.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has already been fixed.

We recommend that you upgrade your mc 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 3.0 alias woody
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Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody6.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 798 8e99dd740d8ffae2c41a90a6b116f229
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody6.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 52176 73bc0707bc6bda5e3ba6066985dc774e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 4850321 82772e729bb2ecfe486a6c219ebab09f

Alpha architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1186538 9239cbf4199a6544b3ca6332fd52db6f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 562996 72dbc715e7a7283e11e29fea64552f30
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody6_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1351898 63a8e1afcbba209db727d92d4955a8c9

ARM architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1028408 8826cb0c5a44b5af496dfeba6d607d55
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 480688 f6a09cce37d13577e92b373b75cc574c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody6_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1352032 5dfd20bcf483f407c6731773070c87c3

Intel IA-32 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 994490 459f7317ab45b42d003116efacfa196e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 455232 aab393d3264175b8575cfaf66220f753
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody6_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1351810 e1471d6e5f49bcd92e12ca9a73b74c33

Intel IA-64 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1435522 a3a000b0de5e6fa4cafaaf58263e47f7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 689234 441e904cc527473e05b47b78d5c4bd2f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody6_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1351796 3e61ead9025a69305e554d63d7abf636

HP Precision architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1144534 4c2c57ec173ceed338bc9e44c882f670
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 541246 2dbf858ac3c53d54baccca0ca3d04031
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody6_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1352288 cea79758caf2b6f33f989614d924c965

Motorola 680x0 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 957858 d7028898ea3a35f85f78a7f087e694b2
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 437062 cd05897db0003c22f7bb18aecd1eec27
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody6_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1352326 367211fbc6fa342d715416b958ec07b1

Big endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1087190 3216349530cf0a9b2b73902084fea281
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 536944 281b9d6b996d040e2664355571bd0c7a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody6_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1352256 1ca47ba59015ff24fc0d324db184de31

Little endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1081322 02bdddc905c6d80ebcc17b746a5f47b7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 535794 c59f3a0071d2c751a1f5f320fd03c932
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody6_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1352084 5ad918e829a9a31725de8dd687d7a742

PowerPC architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1043086 6d6cb89274647fb8eb0a8f8d089dd7bd
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 490208 716ce6d995b02f20452afaf96185fa59
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody6_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1352208 3fe36051681012611989f15301b13e1a

IBM S/390 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1030020 7d9b20ece50fd41ee2de10cb79826bc3
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 479574 5be9988d0c5fb89e1061fa06d5256327
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody6_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1352116 bdcdd74197972f260d0aced37f324751

Sun Sparc architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/gmc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1029098 aadd9cfef3188c17de809a51c2c11037
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc_4.5.55-1.2woody6_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 483630 176d603f21a2cc5253facafc5d86dcb2
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mc/mc-common_4.5.55-1.2woody6_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1352214 5dfcd273857ed952157083c4d33fbcba

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