Debian Security Advisory
DSA-368-1 xpcd -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 08 Aug 2003
- Affected Packages:
- xpcd
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 8370.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2003-0649. - More information:
-
Steve Kemp discovered a buffer overflow in xpcd-svga which can be triggered by a long HOME environment variable. This vulnerability could be exploited by a local attacker to gain root privileges.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.08-8woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you update your xpcd package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-svga_2.08-8woody1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.