Debian Security Advisory
DSA-345-1 xbl -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 08 Jul 2003
- Affected Packages:
- xbl
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 8145.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2003-0535. - More information:
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Another buffer overflow was discovered in xbl, distinct from the one addressed in DSA-327 (CAN-2003-0451), involving the -display command line option. This vulnerability could be exploited by a local attacker to gain gid 'games'.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0k-3woody2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem is fixed in version 1.0k-6.
We recommend that you update your xbl package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody2.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody2_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody2_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody2_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody2_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody2_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody2_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody2_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody2_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody2_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody2_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody2_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.