Updated xpcd packages are available for Mandrakelinux 9.2 and 10.0

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Mandrakelinux Security Update Advisory
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Package name: xpcd
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2004:053
Date: June 1st, 2004

Affected versions: 10.0, 9.2
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Problem Description:

A vulnerability in xpcd-svga, part of xpcd, was discovered by Jaguar. xpcd-svga uses svgalib to display graphics on the console and it would copy user-supplied data of an arbitrary length into a fixed-size buffer in the pcd_open function.

As well, Steve Kemp previously discovered a buffer overflow in xpcd-svga that could be triggered by a long HOME environment variable, which could be exploited by a local attacker to obtain root privileges.

The updated packages resolve these vulnerabilities.



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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0649
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0402
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Updated Packages:

Mandrakelinux 10.0:
95c59861d1efef825ab730cba2691365 10.0/RPMS/xpcd-2.08-20.1.100mdk.i586.rpm
3114811e46e3a4b82e053894f153643d 10.0/RPMS/xpcd-gimp-2.08-20.1.100mdk.i586.rpm
b3df76a539187146894f18d67a2967fd 10.0/SRPMS/xpcd-2.08-20.1.100mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.0/AMD64:
50261e00a816e5621ce37d0f6320a941 amd64/10.0/RPMS/xpcd-2.08-20.1.100mdk.amd64.rpm
4362a1d3211af0c386aef08abfc74cc6 amd64/10.0/RPMS/xpcd-gimp-2.08-20.1.100mdk.amd64.rpm
b3df76a539187146894f18d67a2967fd amd64/10.0/SRPMS/xpcd-2.08-20.1.100mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 9.2:
907efca9e8de1fc9489755c919c51b8b 9.2/RPMS/xpcd-2.08-20.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
41078887e2d6bf60d376540653e997f7 9.2/RPMS/xpcd-gimp-2.08-20.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
9e2a2741fb7130324737a9262dbe8afb 9.2/SRPMS/xpcd-2.08-20.1.92mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 9.2/AMD64:
4f434cc67c282744664a14e285b24e9e amd64/9.2/RPMS/xpcd-2.08-20.1.92mdk.amd64.rpm
7b6d9c0dfe83763823cc007f0956b173 amd64/9.2/RPMS/xpcd-gimp-2.08-20.1.92mdk.amd64.rpm
9e2a2741fb7130324737a9262dbe8afb amd64/9.2/SRPMS/xpcd-2.08-20.1.92mdk.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandrakesoft for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandrakelinux Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandrakelinux at:

http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_linux-mandrake.com