Joey Hess
2005-Aug-28 20:19 UTC
[secure-testing-announce] [DTSA-4-1] New ekg packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Testing Security Advisory DTSA-4-1 http://secure-testing.debian.net secure-testing-team@lists.alioth.debian.org Joey Hess August 28th, 2005 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : ekg Vulnerability : multiple vulnerabilities Problem-Type : local and remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-1916 CAN-2005-1851 CAN-2005-1850 CAN-2005-1852 CAN-2005-2448 Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in ekg: CAN-2005-1916 Eric Romang discovered insecure temporary file creation and arbitrary command execution in a contributed script that can be exploited by a local attacker. CAN-2005-1851 Marcin Owsiany and Wojtek Kaniewski discovered potential shell command injection in a contributed script. CAN-2005-1850 Marcin Owsiany and Wojtek Kaniewski discovered insecure temporary file creation in contributed scripts. CAN-2005-1852 Multiple integer overflows in libgadu, as used in ekg, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an incoming message. CAN-2005-2448 Multiple endianness errors in libgadu in ekg allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid behaviour in applications) on big-endian systems. For the testing distribution (etch) this is fixed in version 1:1.5+20050808+1.6rc3-0etch1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this is fixed in version 1:1.5+20050808+1.6rc3-1. This upgrade is recommended if you use ekg. The Debian testing security team does not track security issues for the stable distribution (woody). If stable is vulnerable, the Debian security team will make an announcement once a fix is ready. Upgrade Instructions - -------------------- To use the Debian testing security archive, add the following lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-security-updates etch-proposed-updates/security-updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-security-updates etch-proposed-updates/security-updates main contrib non-free The archive signing key can be downloaded from http://secure-testing.debian.net/ziyi-2005-7.asc To install the update, run this command as root: apt-get update && apt-get install libgadu3 ekg For further information about the Debian testing security team, please refer to http://secure-testing.debian.net/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDEhrE2tp5zXiKP0wRAgsfAKDAbr0AfiGSKFdD+RAYp+Uw5w4OMgCgh0Z1 BynSkAUt3CctrrRUwcTvDxI=BpEt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----