Debian Security Advisory

DSA-349-1 nfs-utils -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

14 Jul 2003

Affected Packages:

nfs-utils

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CAN-2003-0252.

More information:

The logging code in nfs-utils contains an off-by-one buffer overrun when adding a newline to the string being logged. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition by sending certain RPC requests.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.0-2woody1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.0.3-2.

We recommend that you update your nfs-utils package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-utils_1.0-2woody1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-utils_1.0-2woody1.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-common_1.0-2woody1_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-kernel-server_1.0-2woody1_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nhfsstone_1.0-2woody1_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-common_1.0-2woody1_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-kernel-server_1.0-2woody1_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nhfsstone_1.0-2woody1_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-common_1.0-2woody1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-kernel-server_1.0-2woody1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nhfsstone_1.0-2woody1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-common_1.0-2woody1_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-kernel-server_1.0-2woody1_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nhfsstone_1.0-2woody1_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-common_1.0-2woody1_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-kernel-server_1.0-2woody1_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nhfsstone_1.0-2woody1_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-common_1.0-2woody1_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-kernel-server_1.0-2woody1_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nhfsstone_1.0-2woody1_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-common_1.0-2woody1_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-kernel-server_1.0-2woody1_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nhfsstone_1.0-2woody1_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-common_1.0-2woody1_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-kernel-server_1.0-2woody1_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nhfsstone_1.0-2woody1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-common_1.0-2woody1_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-kernel-server_1.0-2woody1_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nhfsstone_1.0-2woody1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-common_1.0-2woody1_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-kernel-server_1.0-2woody1_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nhfsstone_1.0-2woody1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-common_1.0-2woody1_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-kernel-server_1.0-2woody1_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-utils/nhfsstone_1.0-2woody1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.