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Home > Products and services > CSIRTUK advisories > Advisories archive > January 2005 > Two Debian Security Advisories: 1. DSA 643-1 - queue 2. DSA 644-1 - chbg

January 2005

Two Debian Security Advisories: 1. DSA 643-1 - queue 2. DSA 644-1 - chbg

ID: 00044
Ref: 40/2005
Date: 19 January 2005:15:28:41
Version: 1

Title: Two Debian Security Advisories: 1. DSA 643-1 - queue 2. DSA 644-1 - chbg
Abstract:
Vendors affected: Debian
Operating systems affected: Debian
Applications affected: Debian

Title
=====

Two Debian Security Advisories:

1. DSA 643-1 - queue

2. DSA 644-1 - chbg


Detail
======

1. "jaguar" of the Debian Security Audit Project has discovered several
buffer overflows in queue, a transparent load balancing system.

2. Danny Lungstrom discoverd a vulnerability in chbg, a tool to change
background pictures. A maliciously crafted configuration/scenario
file could overflow a buffer and lead to the execution of arbitrary
code on the victim's machine.




1.


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Debian Security Advisory DSA 643-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
January 18th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : queue
Vulnerability : buffer overflows
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2004-0555

"jaguar" of the Debian Security Audit Project has discovered several
buffer overflows in queue, a transparent load balancing system.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed
in version 1.30.1-4woody2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed
in version 1.30.1-5.

We recommend that you upgrade your queue 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:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/q/queue/queue_1.30.1-4woody2.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 582 24c706e1af4baa9e8ac3dc02c8d72dce
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/q/queue/queue_1.30.1-4woody2.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 42917 cb036472a17be964822cd1748dff9c5f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/q/queue/queue_1.30.1.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 699770 82dd2a37f9c3d5f977afc0a990c9c648

Alpha architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/q/queue/queue_1.30.1-4woody2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 134242 cf2f009836139723d0b9eeccf6497e89

ARM architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/q/queue/queue_1.30.1-4woody2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 112840 f2ee06cf9103664ae7dd631ff9cc5173

Intel IA-32 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/q/queue/queue_1.30.1-4woody2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 108874 777f71c6cf3136e7143094f9ba4507f7

Intel IA-64 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/q/queue/queue_1.30.1-4woody2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 151766 caa6d74226f7ad6ebfbb50402b366693

HP Precision architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/q/queue/queue_1.30.1-4woody2_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 116304 145964aa0dfd6fe42f6a67104af370a5

Motorola 680x0 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/q/queue/queue_1.30.1-4woody2_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 105868 d9035e0b49e56257444d1445b9f2b48a

Big endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/q/queue/queue_1.30.1-4woody2_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 117588 1d67e473d49dcfc3e6b8c083976ee22a

Little endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/q/queue/queue_1.30.1-4woody2_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 118012 721e4a42ae02098ff7acd6fbe60934c7

PowerPC architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/q/queue/queue_1.30.1-4woody2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 112670 a294d33370973324ef46a8beaf20880a

IBM S/390 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/q/queue/queue_1.30.1-4woody2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 112492 799fe37a8371ab10c4fb78298b054b8e

Sun Sparc architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/q/queue/queue_1.30.1-4woody2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 123792 6a6685be2847e8c50c71712b80b05c2c


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

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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 ' and http://packages.debian.org/

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 644-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
January 18th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : chbg
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem-Type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2004-1264
Debian Bug : 285904

Danny Lungstrom discoverd a vulnerability in chbg, a tool to change
background pictures. A maliciously crafted configuration/scenario
file could overflow a buffer and lead to the execution of arbitrary
code on the victim's machine.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed
in version 1.5-1woody1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed
in version 1.5-4.

We recommend that you upgrade your chbg 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:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 600 3cb28b61fb97dca63f09a486dae5612f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 3612 08098cf0fec406380e968186766de027
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 322878 4a158c94c25b359c86da1de9ef3e986b

Alpha architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 294456 afd6ce377d43c0df909d955e04c328cd

ARM architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 247338 878c528ab81decd999503ad47557fc4a

Intel IA-32 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 244862 d3a09b86dfc44164c541cda2eb66ce66

Intel IA-64 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 345228 e4b9ae6b9da9c34d5a930727bdfc1a44

HP Precision architecture:

Cannot be updated due to compiler error.

Motorola 680x0 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 222916 7dce4c0b3ae27f624ee472bd153d5c66

Big endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 249054 66402b53b158bfa0b2144b6b97b1d794

Little endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 247536 769f5074ad1f4b148191d0e196d01778

PowerPC architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 271272 f6b03b2a05de42ee203d7d9cbfe7c468

IBM S/390 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 239098 f20c7b0e36ecfc4540d3673f4ec477dd

Sun Sparc architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 263302 28df5318e314bbaf79493b485aa6cffa


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

- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 ' and http://packages.debian.org/

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