Debian Security Advisory
DSA-522-1 super -- format string vulnerability
- Date Reported:
- 19 Jun 2004
- Affected Packages:
- super
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 10575.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2004-0579. - More information:
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Max Vozeler discovered a format string vulnerability in super, a program to allow specified users to execute commands with root privileges. This vulnerability could potentially be exploited by a local user to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
For the current stable distribution (woody), this problem has been fixed in version 3.16.1-1.2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.23.0-1.
We recommend that you update your super package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1-1.2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1-1.2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1-1.2.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1-1.2_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1-1.2_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1-1.2_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1-1.2_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1-1.2_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1-1.2_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1-1.2_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1-1.2_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1-1.2_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1-1.2_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/super/super_3.16.1-1.2_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.