tcp.md5.router.dos.txt

Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 14:29:54 -0400 From: Craig Metz To: [email protected] Subject: TCP MD5 option problem I was implementing the RFC 2385 "Protection of BGP Sessions via the TCP MD5 Signature Option" option in the OpenBSD stack. For those who don't know the significance of this option, it i...

[SECURITY] Corrected advisory on wu-ftpd-academ buffer overflow

The previous advisory concerning wu-ftpd-academ contained an error: the md5sum given for wu-ftpd-academ2.4.2.16-12.2i386.deb was incorrect. The correct md5sum is b851adb345917a6f92e8b03f8cc97ff2. I apologize for the confusion this has caused. The complete, updated, text of the advisory follows...

[SECURITY] New version of zgv fixes buffer overflows

We have received reports that the zgv package is vulnerable to buffer overflows. We recommend you upgrade your zgv package immediately. wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 alias hamm This version of Debian was released only...

[SECURITY] New version of zgv fixes buffer overflows

We have received reports that the zgv package is vulnerable to buffer overflows. We recommend you upgrade your zgv package immediately. wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 alias hamm ------------------------------- This...

[SECURITY] New versions of bash fixes buffer overflows

We have received reports that the bash shell had a problem with very long pathnames. When a very long path was encountered bash failed to check the result of getcwd in all places, which could be exploited. We recommend you upgrade your bash package immediately. wget url will fetch the file for yo...

[SECURITY] New versions of apache fixes denial of services

We have received a report from Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav who says that the apache as distributed with Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 is vulnerable to a denial of services exploit, where repeated, identical headers can consume On^2 memory. We recommend you upgrade your apache package immediately. wget url...

[SECURITY] New versions of cfingerd fixes root compromise

We have received a report that a user can execute arbitrary commands from a .plan or .project file. While the option that would allow this is disabled by default the system is vulnerable if the system admin had this option enabled. We recommend you upgrade your cfingerd package immediately. dpkg ...

[SECURITY] Current versions of mailx fixes /tmp problem

Former versions of mailx used an unsecure means of opening files beneath /tmp for writing. This can be used to damage files in a users directory or even systemwide. We recommend you upgrade your mailx package immediately. dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. Debian GNU/Linux 1.3.1...

[SECURITY] Current versions of mailx fixes /tmp problem

Former versions of mailx used an unsecure means of opening files beneath /tmp for writing. This can be used to damage files in a users directory or even systemwide. We recommend you upgrade your mailx package immediately. dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. Debian GNU/Linux 1.3.1...

[SECURITY] Security fixed versions of sparc binaries available

==================================================================== Debian GNU/Linux Security May 17, 1998 We have received reports that former versions of procps, shadow, fakeroot, gzip, perl and bind in hamm were vulnerable to some exploits. Please refer to the following web pages to get more...

[SECURITY] Security fixed versions of sparc binaries available

==================================================================== Debian GNU/Linux Security May 17, 1998 We have received reports that former versions of procps, shadow, fakeroot, gzip, perl and bind in hamm were vulnerable to some exploits. Please refer to the following web pages to get more...

[SECURITY] New versions of gzip available

We were told by Michal Zalewski that gzexe as shipped with gzip uses an unsecure method decompressing executables on the fly opening a way of calling arbitrary programs. Newer versions for bo and hamm are fixing this. We recommend you upgrade your gzip package if youre using the gzexe method. dpk...