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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2004.0444 -- Debian Security Advisory DSA 527-1
New pavuk packages fix buffer overflow
06 July 2004
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: pavuk
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
Linux variants
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access Required: Remote
CVE Names: CAN-2004-0456
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 527-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Matt Zimmerman
July 3rd, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : pavuk
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Ids : CAN-2004-0456
Ulf Härnhammar discovered a vulnerability in pavuk, a file retrieval
program, whereby an oversized HTTP 305 response sent by a malicious
server could cause arbitrary code to be executed with the privileges
of the pavuk process.
For the current stable distribution (woody), this problem has been
fixed in version 0.9pl28-1woody1.
pavuk is no longer included in the unstable distribution of Debian.
We recommend that you update your pavuk 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/pavuk/pavuk_0.9pl28-1woody1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 707 8c039288254bd756409cab54b6ca7cfc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pavuk/pavuk_0.9pl28-1woody1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 13610 c824a2921a9791a8d840447062643d0b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pavuk/pavuk_0.9pl28.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 968336 d0f7b77bd11322add1f7d52d62afbf78
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pavuk/pavuk_0.9pl28-1woody1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 630654 9d0d364a20448a4113e07d0e40745d63
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pavuk/pavuk_0.9pl28-1woody1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 568730 8dcb6be6111bab1194bb70b668659a6a
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pavuk/pavuk_0.9pl28-1woody1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 562284 eb47253f87db9ade4748d5e2d01bd701
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pavuk/pavuk_0.9pl28-1woody1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 700588 0a76ba2d4d8aa4db408bf3546a7c4775
HP Precision architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pavuk/pavuk_0.9pl28-1woody1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 608290 5858310a6a9902a6d796c6bbcb527e83
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pavuk/pavuk_0.9pl28-1woody1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 540248 9b5e9a7d2a98f7aacb5dbefeb2ac5f81
Big endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pavuk/pavuk_0.9pl28-1woody1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 565172 134a4284c713a2faca228ca0086fffd0
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pavuk/pavuk_0.9pl28-1woody1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 560950 ea00112b42beec9797c7cac4125541c7
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pavuk/pavuk_0.9pl28-1woody1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 577756 d6a276f698025c5d2851c0f2d256082f
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pavuk/pavuk_0.9pl28-1woody1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 556910 3a8f996cc7123dfb8d789ebcfa3b8026
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pavuk/pavuk_0.9pl28-1woody1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 573834 f0473eea31b3d870e54649431867c9c4
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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