Debian alert: New xbl packages fix buffer overflows

Posted by dave on Jun 19, 2003 6:17 PM EDT
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Steve Kemp discovered several buffer overflows in xbl, a game, which can be triggered by long command line arguments. This vulnerability could be exploited by a local attacker to gain gid 'games'.

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 327-1                     security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                             Matt Zimmerman
June 19th, 2003                         http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : xbl
Vulnerability  : buffer overflows
Problem-Type   : local
Debian-specific: no

Steve Kemp discovered several buffer overflows in xbl, a game, which
can be triggered by long command line arguments.  This vulnerability
could be exploited by a local attacker to gain gid 'games'.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0k-3woody1.

For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed
in version 1.0i-7potato1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem is fixed in version
1.0k-5.

We recommend that you update your xbl 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/x/xbl/xbl_1.0i-7potato1.dsc
      Size/MD5 checksum:      554 d4b156eca0f35de954bd913bcd189b3e
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0i-7potato1.diff.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:     7844 a55498b9b859c7a71744e9e9e1752af3
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0i.orig.tar.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:   213223 b9ea1555044e7ca80ff781796fd867b1

  Alpha architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0i-7potato1_alpha.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   120714 dc4849970e1a724b4387e7f3f07dc820

  ARM architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0i-7potato1_arm.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   104536 74d0a2c7da8e14e1b7f425f31ab6f5d8

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0i-7potato1_i386.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   100054 3ef40d75316e7f455868fa23f40712d9

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0i-7potato1_m68k.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    96526 22868d833d5b1ff7616709516ca91750

  PowerPC architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0i-7potato1_powerpc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   108338 1bf1e03fcde2d23aa7c6bcfa751899db

  Sun Sparc architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0i-7potato1_sparc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   107850 339f2a39f75c73d1eafd0bf20216bc95

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
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  Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody1.dsc
      Size/MD5 checksum:      566 a25e8ecf19edb97ab3cc32d52f20712f
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody1.diff.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:     9244 2376e2e1b69d0d79f0b0c0f87fe99a73
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k.orig.tar.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:   135080 22e7822a449ae5b68695158fd59ea49c

  Alpha architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody1_alpha.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   122224 ef6d29658f10a304876a2f17660b92a4

  ARM architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody1_arm.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   111094 d02b8e87910b0c410698430110eb4609

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody1_i386.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   103230 91c87f285064777b556e60a41b5d137e

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody1_ia64.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   151410 f01344cab1623a36565d7ccae04ff20c

  HP Precision architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody1_hppa.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   116734 8ba40022bd13b071ce9832879bc00057

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody1_m68k.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    97730 5d8d438bd00e9f82b84a42f2d9797141

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody1_mips.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   115968 161ebcca8ea2a4adb31ecad81c151ee1

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody1_mipsel.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   115830 59b4a9b21a0658d6fc1f4b42d599f91d

  PowerPC architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody1_powerpc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   112202 69b74ea9a5fb019dbcd56051789c8970

  IBM S/390 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody1_s390.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   106190 59e14cbb58a28db14639bba8a3c0c802

  Sun Sparc architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody1_sparc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   111194 b67bf2b0ba2174935b2ef85ca45a28a3

  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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