Debian Security Advisory
DSA-523-1 www-sql -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 19 Jun 2004
- Affected Packages:
- www-sql
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 10577.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2004-0455. - More information:
-
Ulf Härnhammar discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in www-sql, a CGI program which enables the creation of dynamic web pages by embedding SQL statements in HTML. By exploiting this vulnerability, a local user could cause the execution of arbitrary code by creating a web page and processing it with www-sql.
For the current stable distribution (woody), this problem has been fixed in version 0.5.7-17woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you update your www-sql package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-sql_0.5.7-17woody1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-sql_0.5.7-17woody1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-sql_0.5.7.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-sql_0.5.7-17woody1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-mysql_0.5.7-17woody1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-pgsql_0.5.7-17woody1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-pgsql_0.5.7-17woody1_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-mysql_0.5.7-17woody1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-pgsql_0.5.7-17woody1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-pgsql_0.5.7-17woody1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-mysql_0.5.7-17woody1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-pgsql_0.5.7-17woody1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-pgsql_0.5.7-17woody1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-mysql_0.5.7-17woody1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-pgsql_0.5.7-17woody1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-pgsql_0.5.7-17woody1_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-mysql_0.5.7-17woody1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-pgsql_0.5.7-17woody1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-pgsql_0.5.7-17woody1_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-mysql_0.5.7-17woody1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-pgsql_0.5.7-17woody1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-pgsql_0.5.7-17woody1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-mysql_0.5.7-17woody1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-pgsql_0.5.7-17woody1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-pgsql_0.5.7-17woody1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-mysql_0.5.7-17woody1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-pgsql_0.5.7-17woody1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-pgsql_0.5.7-17woody1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-mysql_0.5.7-17woody1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-pgsql_0.5.7-17woody1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-pgsql_0.5.7-17woody1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-mysql_0.5.7-17woody1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-pgsql_0.5.7-17woody1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-pgsql_0.5.7-17woody1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-mysql_0.5.7-17woody1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-pgsql_0.5.7-17woody1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/www-sql/www-pgsql_0.5.7-17woody1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.