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Debian Security Advisory DSA 316-2 security@debian.org
Debian -- Security Information Matt Zimmerman
June 11th, 2003 Debian -- Debian security FAQ
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Package : slashem
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem-Type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id : CAN-2003-0358
The slashem package is vulnerable to a buffer overflow exploited via a
long '-s' command line option. This vulnerability could be used by an
attacker to gain gid 'games' on a system where slashem is installed.
Note that slashem does not contain the file permission problem
CAN-2003-0359, addressed in nethack in DSA-316-1.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in
version 0.0.6E4F8-4.0woody3.
For the old stable distribution (potato) problem xxx has been fixed in
version 0.0.5E7-3potato1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems are fixed in
version 0.0.6E4F8-6.
We recommend that you update your slashem 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 2.2 alias potato
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Source archives:
Size/MD5 checksum: 646 c1260aec0e4482acf4f92a50a339aeb2
Size/MD5 checksum: 18514 cf58b260c973a4904ca17585364f9479
Size/MD5 checksum: 3417627 fb572487b96b31af79b53f6d8fc5d0ea
Alpha architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 1407622 befbf1f68b7f09e84d13336867e7ef05
ARM architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 1166174 5f375d78fbee11fb197cc18b2c1b6035
Intel IA-32 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 1069950 b631b6f9ff0b11eeb6b2d3c337dc42b6
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 1021770 1b7197100e7c59e108b02d4f9fd2c832
PowerPC architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 1151790 1cfe94de576794a4f4ae31a51f2cb48d
Sun Sparc architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 1172080 0f42ad8b59d725dc637d36cc792f1cfd
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
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Source archives:
Size/MD5 checksum: 671 6e0378a87cfb1eb63b584da9f7ebee00
Size/MD5 checksum: 13165 2f698a1a083465bbfd1f875f9875ecdc
Size/MD5 checksum: 4331015 2abd847d4f5fc426d6c7ed5a97b0de99
Alpha architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 1868864 9e59db9dffbc4fdb3973775236b56b2d
ARM architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 1576768 9bd2470960f06c7b404e10fbdc70f7e3
Intel IA-32 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 1465086 bf5fda3a71bf45ea444006a45d43ee5d
Intel IA-64 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 2125556 8c1e66316b4b03ec74389b1da3fe2cc8
HP Precision architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 1714032 6944f94947bce488e1331cf3acdcf738
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 1411706 9caae66305fdb6e82afaf93442ea96af
Big endian MIPS architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 1628620 cc0c4fedd449ce5f80349ea3ad816ec8
Little endian MIPS architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 1632522 e6b46c75fa17fe82c0791868371a6db6
PowerPC architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 1574996 9085a3b1e5708599f8ec9e62693977d8
IBM S/390 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 1549104 829ed8bd7743d2eeae4e17392faad905
Sun Sparc architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 1596788 f6474b287da991a0426c83710862c249
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its
next revision.
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