Debian alert: OpenSSH buffer management fix

Posted by dave on Sep 17, 2003 7:41 AM EDT
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Several bugs have been found in OpenSSH's buffer handling. It is not known if these bugs are exploitable, but as a precaution an upgrade is advised.

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-383-1                   security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                         Wichert Akkerman
September 17, 2003
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Package        : ssh-krb5
Vulnerability  : buffer handling
Problem type   : possible remote
Debian-specific: no
CVS references : CAN-2003-0693 CAN-2003-0695

Several bugs have been found in OpenSSH's buffer handling. It is not
known if these bugs are exploitable, but as a precaution an upgrade is
advised.

For the Debian stable distribution these bugs have been fixed in version
1:3.4p1-0woody3 .


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/o/openssh-krb5/openssh-krb5_3.4p1.orig.tar.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:   837668 459c1d0262e939d6432f193c7a4ba8a8
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh-krb5/openssh-krb5_3.4p1-0woody3.diff.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:   120256 101711fd74f01e6e670c334752cafe44
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh-krb5/openssh-krb5_3.4p1-0woody3.dsc
      Size/MD5 checksum:      822 e39ebe0e44ae1998d5c47ddb45d6dbe8

  alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh-krb5/ssh-krb5_3.4p1-0woody3_alpha.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   888466 dd124b4ce632d30f00eed9409ea5b42a

  arm architecture (ARM)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh-krb5/ssh-krb5_3.4p1-0woody3_arm.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   687666 9cc220113aadc19c647fb65f5f0d998b

  hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh-krb5/ssh-krb5_3.4p1-0woody3_hppa.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   789256 a5bbdfbea796a3e2d6b979622466ab63

  i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh-krb5/ssh-krb5_3.4p1-0woody3_i386.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   671568 faa1fa7949a7cce9388057a485d98dc5

  ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh-krb5/ssh-krb5_3.4p1-0woody3_ia64.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:  1049956 51e568695ef150e6049e7b5b42d23891

  mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh-krb5/ssh-krb5_3.4p1-0woody3_mipsel.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   759494 0aeeb07fe815b8a0e36e5ded2763d1ab

  powerpc architecture (PowerPC)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh-krb5/ssh-krb5_3.4p1-0woody3_powerpc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   711472 cf3efec05458df632179302cd78032f0

  s390 architecture (IBM S/390)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh-krb5/ssh-krb5_3.4p1-0woody3_s390.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   749046 93cc4a83d9b3afded11ccc1a6a62d127

  sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssh-krb5/ssh-krb5_3.4p1-0woody3_sparc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   694616 b56ebfa782eb8645e34058facd3e9ca5
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