Debian alert: New mikmod packages fix buffer overflow

Posted by dave on Jun 13, 2003 3:44 PM EDT
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Ingo Saitz discovered a bug in mikmod whereby a long filename inside an archive file can overflow a buffer when the archive is being read by mikmod.

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 320-1                     security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                             Matt Zimmerman
June 13th, 2003                         http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : mikmod
Vulnerability  : buffer overflow
Problem-Type   : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id         : CAN-2003-0427

Ingo Saitz discovered a bug in mikmod whereby a long filename inside
an archive file can overflow a buffer when the archive is being read
by mikmod.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 3.1.6-4woody3.

For old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in
version 3.1.6-2potato3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem is fixed in version
3.1.6-6.

We recommend that you update your mikmod package.

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 2.2 alias potato
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  Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-2potato3.dsc
      Size/MD5 checksum:      595 d0a811016b5025b327eea822373f12d5
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-2potato3.diff.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:     6207 2ce7c29ac4c12632de56a1db093982f7
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6.orig.tar.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:   134827 71d8142ae3ae27034535913e906b1384

  Alpha architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-2potato3_alpha.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    62968 0c0d4ff734a7c02e4d8c862bb3745713

  ARM architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-2potato3_arm.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    52588 7d5da70323e8549fc7cf5528173f3d1d

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-2potato3_i386.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    50666 f00f6100852c6a25be4909e861368877

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-2potato3_m68k.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    48942 390d71cc5d5f98e84e077961740b9608

  PowerPC architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-2potato3_powerpc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    53578 ef6419433633f01244eafeb7b61d0e6c

  Sun Sparc architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-2potato3_sparc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    54836 ca9367c16507f4ed6d247cc7001d777a

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
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  Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-4woody3.dsc
      Size/MD5 checksum:      608 b52405fb77329efddae915e145a9751d
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-4woody3.diff.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:     9726 35080e8530e9924be4d86aafbd31b84d
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6.orig.tar.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:   134827 71d8142ae3ae27034535913e906b1384

  Alpha architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-4woody3_alpha.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    62712 fe5456aa0ca7a1819fd1bb87b82bde1a

  ARM architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-4woody3_arm.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    52602 d75974481a2b2e23c47a7f700bf878e5

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-4woody3_i386.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    50578 fde5b864a91bdddf1b07720af26cf5d5

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-4woody3_ia64.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    76108 ad1cbef734d43f5e0fa5bad3c7f1cd72

  HP Precision architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-4woody3_hppa.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    58482 9edb50e45214bc0b3225f5070df2b59f

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-4woody3_m68k.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    48554 a52f8913418501bf6a4b103e14636436

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-4woody3_mips.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    57352 4edbef3712ec7220cdbe410c61aa8406

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-4woody3_mipsel.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    57538 f0846374f89bc626f6ed29fd82bbd4af

  PowerPC architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-4woody3_powerpc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    53758 9a8e2a41cf260e5eecfd0472f2f574e6

  IBM S/390 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-4woody3_s390.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    53038 bddc8a9dcdea2b4386b5d5a4b3d281e1

  Sun Sparc architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-4woody3_sparc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    52786 9da2c9dc87e8c9d742483e5929c2e90f


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

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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 <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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