Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1668-1 hf -- programming error
- Date Reported:
- 22 Nov 2008
- Affected Packages:
- hf
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 504182.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-2378. - More information:
-
Steve Kemp discovered that hf, an amateur-radio protocol suite using a soundcard as a modem, insecurely tried to execute an external command which could lead to the elevation of privileges for local users.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.7.3-4etch1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.8-8.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your hf package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3-4etch1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3-4etch1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3.orig.tar.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3-4etch1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3-4etch1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3-4etch1_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3-4etch1_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3-4etch1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3-4etch1_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3-4etch1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3-4etch1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3-4etch1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3-4etch1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3-4etch1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.