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Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:23:06 +0000 From: Steve Kemp <skx@...ian.org> To: debian-security-announce@...ts.debian.org Subject: [SECURITY] [DSA 1500-1] New splitvt packages fix privilege escalation -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1500-1 security@...ian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Steve Kemp February 21, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : splitvt Vulnerability : privilege escalation Problem type : local Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-0162 Mike Ashton discovered that splitvt, a utility to run two programs in a split screen, did not drop group privileges prior to executing 'xprop'. This could allow any local user to gain the privileges of group utmp. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.5-9etch1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.6-4. We recommend that you upgrade your splitvt 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 4.0 alias etch - ------------------------------- Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 602 38c5d340fe95abbd78edfa806618fce8 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 10746 ea95a61da623237d715e5b1fdce9e92a alpha architecture (DEC Alpha) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 41314 06622ad249f48ee2009f03ef1b4ba1ad amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1_amd64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 37754 dd591bff5b03378ab225dbf41648e037 hppa architecture (HP PA RISC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 38398 f9c5dc35197dcd1b8a2843a29c200bbb i386 architecture (Intel ia32) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 34754 70d76970fb5017197c78861c4d070cab ia64 architecture (Intel ia64) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 50166 d2328ca3f1d1114cc9a2497d59e0ff9a mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 39434 3205ddfd371fd0edd5175333a5c94c1b powerpc architecture (PowerPC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 37800 7c8d9c7f20e4a4fc92531f0a5cd7bb26 s390 architecture (IBM S/390) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 37854 9c39d0109f6600022862c3ee6d1fb0c8 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@...ts.debian.org Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHvd1awM/Gs81MDZ0RAg06AKDJ/V4YC2YkBD2zeAgBxlaZQagpnQCfUkSm EM24FdX8f8pceWCmyHPKnA8= =BVtM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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