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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