Debian Security Advisory
DSA-282-1 glibc -- integer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 09 Apr 2003
- Affected Packages:
- glibc
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 7123.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2003-0028.
CERT's vulnerabilities, advisories and incident notes: VU#516825, CA-2003-10. - More information:
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eEye Digital Security discovered an integer overflow in the xdrmem_getbytes() function which is also present in GNU libc. This function is part of the XDR (external data representation) encoder/decoder derived from Sun's RPC implementation. Depending upon the application, this vulnerability can cause buffer overflows and could possibly be exploited to execute arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.5-11.5.
For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.3-25.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.1-16.
We recommend that you upgrade your libc6 packages.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (potato)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/glibc_2.1.3-24.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/glibc_2.1.3-24.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/glibc_2.1.3.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/glibc_2.1.3-24.diff.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/glibc-doc_2.1.3-25_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/i18ndata_2.1.3-25_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/i18ndata_2.1.3-25_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1_2.1.3-25_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1-dbg_2.1.3-25_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1-dev_2.1.3-25_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1-pic_2.1.3-25_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1-prof_2.1.3-25_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libnss1-compat_2.1.3-25_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/locales_2.1.3-25_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.1.3-25_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1-dbg_2.1.3-25_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.1.3-25_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.1.3-25_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.1.3-25_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-pic_2.1.3-25_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-prof_2.1.3-25_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/locales_2.1.3-25_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.1.3-25_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.1.3-25_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.1.3-25_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.1.3-25_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.1.3-25_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-pic_2.1.3-25_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-prof_2.1.3-25_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libnss1-compat_2.1.3-25_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/locales_2.1.3-25_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.1.3-25_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.1.3-25_i386.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.1.3-25_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.1.3-25_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.1.3-25_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-pic_2.1.3-25_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-prof_2.1.3-25_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libnss1-compat_2.1.3-25_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/locales_2.1.3-25_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.1.3-25_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.1.3-25_m68k.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.1.3-25_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.1.3-25_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.1.3-25_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-pic_2.1.3-25_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-prof_2.1.3-25_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/locales_2.1.3-25_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.1.3-25_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.1.3-25_powerpc.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.1.3-25_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.1.3-25_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.1.3-25_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-pic_2.1.3-25_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-prof_2.1.3-25_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/locales_2.1.3-25_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.1.3-25_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.1.3-25_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/glibc_2.2.5-11.5.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/glibc_2.2.5-11.5.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/glibc_2.2.5.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/glibc_2.2.5-11.5.diff.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/glibc-doc_2.2.5-11.5_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/locales_2.2.5-11.5_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/locales_2.2.5-11.5_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1_2.2.5-11.5_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1-dbg_2.2.5-11.5_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1-dev_2.2.5-11.5_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1-pic_2.2.5-11.5_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1-prof_2.2.5-11.5_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.2.5-11.5_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1-dbg_2.2.5-11.5_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.2.5-11.5_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.2.5-11.5_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.2.5-11.5_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-pic_2.2.5-11.5_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-prof_2.2.5-11.5_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.2.5-11.5_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.2.5-11.5_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.2.5-11.5_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.2.5-11.5_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.2.5-11.5_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-pic_2.2.5-11.5_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-prof_2.2.5-11.5_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.2.5-11.5_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.2.5-11.5_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1_2.2.5-11.5_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1-dbg_2.2.5-11.5_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1-dev_2.2.5-11.5_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1-pic_2.2.5-11.5_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1-prof_2.2.5-11.5_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.2.5-11.5_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1-dbg_2.2.5-11.5_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.2.5-11.5_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.2.5-11.5_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.2.5-11.5_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-pic_2.2.5-11.5_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-prof_2.2.5-11.5_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.2.5-11.5_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.2.5-11.5_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.2.5-11.5_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.2.5-11.5_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.2.5-11.5_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-pic_2.2.5-11.5_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-prof_2.2.5-11.5_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.2.5-11.5_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.2.5-11.5_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.2.5-11.5_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.2.5-11.5_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.2.5-11.5_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-pic_2.2.5-11.5_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-prof_2.2.5-11.5_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.2.5-11.5_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.2.5-11.5_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.2.5-11.5_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.2.5-11.5_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.2.5-11.5_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-pic_2.2.5-11.5_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-prof_2.2.5-11.5_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.2.5-11.5_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.2.5-11.5_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.2.5-11.5_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.2.5-11.5_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.2.5-11.5_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-pic_2.2.5-11.5_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-prof_2.2.5-11.5_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.2.5-11.5_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.2.5-11.5_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.2.5-11.5_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.2.5-11.5_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.2.5-11.5_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-pic_2.2.5-11.5_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-prof_2.2.5-11.5_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.2.5-11.5_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.2.5-11.5_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.2.5-11.5_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.2.5-11.5_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.2.5-11.5_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev-sparc64_2.2.5-11.5_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-pic_2.2.5-11.5_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-prof_2.2.5-11.5_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-sparc64_2.2.5-11.5_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.2.5-11.5_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.2.5-11.5_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.