Debian Security Advisory

DSA-975-1 nfs-user-server -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:
15 Feb 2006
Affected Packages:
nfs-user-server
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 350020.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-0043.
More information:

Marcus Meissner discovered that attackers can trigger a buffer overflow in the path handling code by creating or abusing existing symlinks, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

This vulnerability isn't present in the kernel NFS server.

This update includes a bugfix for attribute handling of symlinks. This fix does not have security implications, but at the time when this DSA was prepared it was already queued for the next stable point release, so we decided to include it beforehand.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2beta47-12woody1.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2beta47-20sarge2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2beta47-22.

We recommend that you upgrade your nfs-user-server package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47-12woody1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47-12woody1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47-12woody1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/ugidd_2.2beta47-12woody1_alpha.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47-12woody1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/ugidd_2.2beta47-12woody1_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47-12woody1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/ugidd_2.2beta47-12woody1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47-12woody1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/ugidd_2.2beta47-12woody1_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47-12woody1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/ugidd_2.2beta47-12woody1_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47-12woody1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/ugidd_2.2beta47-12woody1_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47-12woody1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/ugidd_2.2beta47-12woody1_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47-12woody1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/ugidd_2.2beta47-12woody1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47-12woody1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/ugidd_2.2beta47-12woody1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47-12woody1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/ugidd_2.2beta47-12woody1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47-12woody1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/ugidd_2.2beta47-12woody1_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47-20sarge2.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47-20sarge2.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47-20sarge2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/ugidd_2.2beta47-20sarge2_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47-20sarge2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/ugidd_2.2beta47-20sarge2_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47-20sarge2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/ugidd_2.2beta47-20sarge2_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47-20sarge2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/ugidd_2.2beta47-20sarge2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47-20sarge2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/ugidd_2.2beta47-20sarge2_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47-20sarge2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/ugidd_2.2beta47-20sarge2_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47-20sarge2_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/ugidd_2.2beta47-20sarge2_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47-20sarge2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/ugidd_2.2beta47-20sarge2_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47-20sarge2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/ugidd_2.2beta47-20sarge2_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47-20sarge2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/ugidd_2.2beta47-20sarge2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47-20sarge2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/ugidd_2.2beta47-20sarge2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/nfs-user-server_2.2beta47-20sarge2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nfs-user-server/ugidd_2.2beta47-20sarge2_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.