Debian Security Advisory
DSA-076-1 most -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 18 Sep 2001
- Affected Packages:
- most
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 3347.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2001-0961. - More information:
-
Pavel Machek has found a buffer overflow in the `most' pager program.
The problem is part of most's tab expansion where the program would
write beyond the bounds two array variables when viewing a malicious
file. This could lead into other data structures being overwritten
which in turn could enable most to execute arbitrary code being able
to compromise the users environment.
This has been fixed in the upstream version 4.9.2 and an updated version of 4.9.0 for Debian GNU/Linux 2.2.
We recommend that you upgrade your most package immediately.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (potato)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/most_4.9.0-2.1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/most_4.9.0-2.1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/most_4.9.0-2.1.dsc
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-alpha/most_4.9.0-2.1_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-arm/most_4.9.0-2.1_arm.deb
- Intel ia32:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/most_4.9.0-2.1_i386.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-m68k/most_4.9.0-2.1_m68k.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-powerpc/most_4.9.0-2.1_powerpc.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-sparc/most_4.9.0-2.1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.