Debian Security Advisory

DSA-368-1 xpcd -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

08 Aug 2003

Affected Packages:

xpcd

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CAN-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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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