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ESB-2005.0007 -- Debian Security Advisory DSA 625-1 -- New pcal packages fix arbitrary code execution

Date: 06 January 2005

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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

            ESB-2005.0007 -- Debian Security Advisory DSA 625-1
              New pcal packages fix arbitrary code execution
                              6 January 2005

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           pcal
Publisher:         Debian
Operating System:  Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
Impact:            Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access:            Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names:         CAN-2004-1289

Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-625

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 625-1                     security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                             Martin Schulze
January 5th, 2004                       http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : pcal
Vulnerability  : buffer overflows
Problem-Type   : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID         : CAN-2004-1289
Debian Bug     : 287039

Danny Lungstrom discovered two buffer overflows in pcal, a program to
generate Postscript calendars, that could lead to the execution of
arbitrary code when compiling a calendar.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in
version 4.7-8woody1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 4.8.0-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your pcal 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 3.0 alias woody
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  Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcal/pcal_4.7-8woody1.dsc
      Size/MD5 checksum:      567 084db6ff500acb07787520fbe64fe55c
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcal/pcal_4.7-8woody1.diff.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:     9241 dfead422c9e896806a1f3d6bf27906cd
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcal/pcal_4.7.orig.tar.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:   244559 1c3a5694c465e702795ba53dbbb1f412

  Alpha architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcal/pcal_4.7-8woody1_alpha.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   124958 4bd681850f08a22ff4e2b409c74d34fc

  ARM architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcal/pcal_4.7-8woody1_arm.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   110892 01e26a1ae460e156debbc26f2657048a

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcal/pcal_4.7-8woody1_i386.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   107250 a487a36516ae170cab2c60370352b4ad

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcal/pcal_4.7-8woody1_ia64.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   139992 66232d332593c1b9a1b1bdbe839f3327

  HP Precision architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcal/pcal_4.7-8woody1_hppa.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   121282 ee138b5220ff6caf4f6ecd30f4539037

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcal/pcal_4.7-8woody1_m68k.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   104702 e9930289c67b6d611e51ef954724f5b4

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcal/pcal_4.7-8woody1_mips.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   119802 1ea25df3c512c07249fff7b6e2d08ad9

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcal/pcal_4.7-8woody1_mipsel.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   119766 d3c55f4e572337088ebe5cc2753e2a20

  PowerPC architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcal/pcal_4.7-8woody1_powerpc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   116472 034b734141ee6804d4b2f54fbba70724

  IBM S/390 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcal/pcal_4.7-8woody1_s390.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   109908 76455e1b97a3ba92aafcdee086916f98

  Sun Sparc architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pcal/pcal_4.7-8woody1_sparc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   112900 a705775dedf8d2918f1016d884db48ad


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

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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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