- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 684-1                     security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                             Martin Schulze
February 16th, 2005                     https://www.debian.org/security/faq
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package        : typespeed
Vulnerability  : format string
Problem-Type   : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID         : CAN-2005-0105

Ulf Härnhammar from the Debian Security Audit Project discovered a
problem in typespeed, a touch-typist trainer disguised as game.  This
could lead to a local attacker executing arbitrary code as group
games.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.4.1-2.3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your typespeed package.


Upgrade Instructions
- --------------------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
- --------------------------------  Source archives:

          Size/MD5 checksum:      575 70ebea5828757f0c963a27e2d87d8515
          Size/MD5 checksum:     8457 78235ab890462e83f9c2779d0882e329
          Size/MD5 checksum:    35492 0af9809cd20bd9010732ced930090f32

  Alpha architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    44486 81d20c78d05fd028c5d40a77fc09923d

  ARM architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    39164 5eedf595ec3b9714e1c7de731f34e5a1

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    38852 96e8651b24c5cbc48bfb21ed4e8196d4

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    50122 d422760c9350d78d2b30a933a2b25df0

  HP Precision architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    42064 0123e88f6b81d9d95f43d06a73e015b6

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    37570 8052b9b8e45dbba90b946eb76d8625fa

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    41224 897c4771e1cd215e178cb4cc922ede0a

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    41250 0972a4ec92ec47bb4cd81e10a9255bee

  PowerPC architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    41408 0e3c124090e9f410fe82751214c68cdd

  IBM S/390 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    38994 0b9306e15ab0afa697ad9aca5fd799e7

  Sun Sparc architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    43140 e7f9fbb0dc02dadf975a4f22a0fadc94


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

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------For apt-get: deb https://www.debian.org/security/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp:  dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: New typespeed packages fix arbitrary group games code execution

February 16, 2005
Updated package.

Summary


For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your typespeed package.


Upgrade Instructions
- --------------------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

Size/MD5 checksum: 575 70ebea5828757f0c963a27e2d87d8515
Size/MD5 checksum: 8457 78235ab890462e83f9c2779d0882e329
Size/MD5 checksum: 35492 0af9809cd20bd9010732ced930090f32

Alpha architecture:

Size/MD5 checksum: 44486 81d20c78d05fd028c5d40a77fc09923d

ARM architecture:

Size/MD5 checksum: 39164 5eedf595ec...

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