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Debian Security Advisory DSA 557-1                     security@debian.org 
Debian -- Security Information                              Martin Schulze
October 4th, 2004                        Debian -- Debian security FAQ 
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Package        : rp-pppoe, pppoe
Vulnerability  : missing privilegue dropping
Problem-Type   : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID         : CAN-2004-0564

Max Vozeler discovered a vulnerability in pppoe, the PPP over Ethernet
driver from Roaring Penguin.  When the program is running setuid root
(which is not the case in a default Debian installation), an attacker
could overwrite any file on the file system.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 3.3-1.2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 3.5-4.

We recommend that you upgrade your pppoe 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:      571 20a98e281e9effbdbe253d5f1ec7c07b
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    17171 840c64159a02c63bcd84ad84acbcfbbe
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   171480 1cd6bc22f7601f769bb654db4a15b15d

  Alpha architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    83104 ea1e596bbd07d28d272c723ef627b935

  ARM architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    60492 6f90f09bbb0115dd8b5aa08970fc7007

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    54276 765e571caff2562b74bdae9636712d58

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    90212 c03d1045236ee6aaf0bec77e287b0a50

  HP Precision architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    64064 8669b8c254a243fbb4620e9cf5ac5905

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    51000 23a16fdf89476bdf62107667d9f71d50

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    68078 750310a89f7f34d0e8921efb45999cda

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    68320 eb2c9ea82226df16363392e78ab04fb1

  PowerPC architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    56970 dd068ef0338515cc0a846ed1dfdf0dbc

  IBM S/390 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    58376 8b520d4fc7ff356d40e7f7fc1b10b8e3

  Sun Sparc architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    64326 c5523f8e12ec9bd01a003912df5611a7


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

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Debian: rp-pppoe, pppoe missing privilegue dropping

October 4, 2004
Max Vozeler discovered a vulnerability in pppoe, the PPP over Ethernet driver from Roaring Penguin

Summary

Max Vozeler discovered a vulnerability in pppoe, the PPP over Ethernet
driver from Roaring Penguin. When the program is running setuid root
(which is not the case in a default Debian installation), an attacker
could overwrite any file on the file system.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 3.3-1.2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 3.5-4.

We recommend that you upgrade your pppoe 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:


Si...

Read the Full Advisory

Severity
Package : rp-pppoe, pppoe
CVE ID : CAN-2004-0564

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