[SECURITY] [DSA 641-1] New playmidi packages fix local root exploit
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 641-1 security@xxxxxxxxxx
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
January 17th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : playmidi
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem-Type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2005-0020
Erik Sjölund discovered that playmidi, a MIDI player, contains a
setuid root program with a buffer overflow that can be exploited by a
local attacker.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.4-4woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.4debian-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your playmidi 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 3.0 alias woody
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/playmidi/playmidi_2.4-4woody1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 660 27266405df049e3ad78449aa26359180
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/playmidi/playmidi_2.4-4woody1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 11116 5593e29fbf22ee00c6ea1d2cc4fccd9d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/playmidi/playmidi_2.4.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 146742 04efb0826324bce1d93228c77d52f911
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/playmidi/playmidi_2.4-4woody1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 151852 60b96643f5810f39bf0f7c8344bad727
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/playmidi/playmidi_2.4-4woody1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 142944 6df41fcb7eadb971547306b81c3d04e0
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/playmidi/playmidi_2.4-4woody1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 152556 07ed83461c1895ee6e473f72aef321c7
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/playmidi/playmidi_2.4-4woody1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 168568 91ca1e75e685edba1cd280e2b7b57aae
HP Precision architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/playmidi/playmidi_2.4-4woody1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 147882 96433cebca7781212b33419726fd271e
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/playmidi/playmidi_2.4-4woody1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 132748 ec499ea1a198151560d5e1050738465c
Big endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/playmidi/playmidi_2.4-4woody1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 144526 b8577f77664f10bc433140eccfa024d9
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/playmidi/playmidi_2.4-4woody1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 143648 b2eac216eb51a3e75114662e0c3c3d05
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/playmidi/playmidi_2.4-4woody1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 143318 4e42843f540adea484c9b6513f7cc1ac
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/playmidi/playmidi_2.4-4woody1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 141042 11ec7a55306c470ff9bb9c248e73d1e6
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/playmidi/playmidi_2.4-4woody1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 147806 698b5ab0d50fc0a77c0bb4921c5b77d5
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
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Mailing list: debian-security-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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