-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1622-1 security@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.debian.org/security/ Thijs Kinkhorst July 31, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : newsx Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem type : local (remote) Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-3252 Debian Bug : 492742 It was discovered that newsx, an NNTP news exchange utility, was affected by a buffer overflow allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a news article containing a large number of lines starting with a period. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6-2etch1. For the testing (lenny) and unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6-3. We recommend that you upgrade your newsx 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 - ------------------------------- Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 601 a96fab9796a6947419d0fa8b116117d1 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 302553 45d7b7655c7e30c22321f41d701bb6f4 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 105510 6d0b8e91489284a99d7e3d1d1a18438a alpha architecture (DEC Alpha) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 179232 a1e5978150fdc4e85ae5429df50dce14 amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_amd64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 159000 36120414520dabbe24a603535483d627 arm architecture (ARM) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 148522 f86262e52e3cfe57f9149cd7d03b9792 hppa architecture (HP PA RISC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 166048 3664074d8015308faacfdc24813cbe2e i386 architecture (Intel ia32) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 149314 0d0223be6ec9375b11a29271e14f0ba0 ia64 architecture (Intel ia64) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 229656 d9525b17ed531e7f94bf795016559ab0 mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 169628 9902b13a40be1f8839ea6553bebda796 mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 169130 082f47df05acf04de8a1590acad38124 powerpc architecture (PowerPC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 158742 f172b7b889f111cc2090082878f80816 s390 architecture (IBM S/390) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 161132 8e5ca0412a29bd03dfbdf1dd8e88df30 sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 147978 511f9a433c89f3fe114ebe04158d65ab 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBSJF9zmz0hbPcukPfAQLpcgf/b+hkHHAgxRqfcHtb4bcXLFl4ZQdoue4h kMerbdNuJugmcnhzay6cFbyvh/2iH4cmHQ00dqJF5XO+QwFGFqC3j6UTao9U66j6 6NU7zIvqxOGHJgDcpyZR+faSz4EdWfcJrM8byNj8oZaeOBSLFmDRRk9ud8mzzOg1 tCX4zoHZPOZ7VCQN86DOQ17qv/qp0KWzEoN/IDbQfpwFu+3QOf5hOIIW/bmOWxEZ n+P1sdxLWOSNxC8tD0LuUQj4Egm25j5j71bJL9fdhXvCwO4cwbIH5BZZ0/zeulgB gyEDtmPXiz64G2XJiOJa1wU9HUE6HuoRTbpShVC11NdryvabQBnb1Q== =GJat -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
