Debian Security Advisory

DSA-632-1 linpopup -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:
10 Jan 2005
Affected Packages:
linpopup
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 287044.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2004-1282.
More information:

Stephen Dranger discovered a buffer overflow in linpopup, an X11 port of winpopup, running over Samba, that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code when displaying a maliciously crafted message.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.0-2woody1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.0-7.

We recommend that you upgrade your linpopup package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_alpha.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_sparc.deb

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