Debian Security Advisory

DSA-367-1 xtokkaetama -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

08 Aug 2003

Affected Packages:

xtokkaetama

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CAN-2003-0652.

More information:

Another buffer overflow was discovered in xtokkaetama, involving the "-nickname" command line option. This vulnerability could be exploited by a local attacker to gain gid 'games'.

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0b-6woody2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem is fixed in version 1.0b-9.

We recommend that you update your xtokkaetama package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xtokkaetama/xtokkaetama_1.0b-6woody2.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xtokkaetama/xtokkaetama_1.0b-6woody2.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xtokkaetama/xtokkaetama_1.0b.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xtokkaetama/xtokkaetama_1.0b-6woody2_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xtokkaetama/xtokkaetama_1.0b-6woody2_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xtokkaetama/xtokkaetama_1.0b-6woody2_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xtokkaetama/xtokkaetama_1.0b-6woody2_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xtokkaetama/xtokkaetama_1.0b-6woody2_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xtokkaetama/xtokkaetama_1.0b-6woody2_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xtokkaetama/xtokkaetama_1.0b-6woody2_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xtokkaetama/xtokkaetama_1.0b-6woody2_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xtokkaetama/xtokkaetama_1.0b-6woody2_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xtokkaetama/xtokkaetama_1.0b-6woody2_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xtokkaetama/xtokkaetama_1.0b-6woody2_sparc.deb

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