[PLDSA 32-1] New noffle packages fix buffer overflows

[Krzysiek Taraszka]

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PLD Security Advisory PLDSA 32-1                        security at pld.org.pl
http://www.pld.org.pl/security/                          PLD Security Team
05 March 2003	 			http://www.pld.org.pl/security/faq
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Package        : prior to noffle-1.0.1-1
Vulnerability  : buffer overflows
Problem-Type   : remote
PLD-specific   : no
CVE references : CAN-2003-0037

Dan Jacobson noticed a problem in noffle, an offline news server, that
leads to a segmentation fault.  It is not yet clear whether this
problem is exploitable.  However, if it is, a remote attacker could
trigger arbitrary code execution under the user that calls noffle,
probably news.

The above problems have been fixed in version 1.0.1-2 for the
current stable distribution (ra).

We recommend that you upgrade your noffle packages.

wget -c url
	will fetch the file for you
rpm -Uhv file(s)*.rpm
        will upgrade the referenced file.

If you are using "poldek" - the package manager, use the line as given below
for upgrade packages

poldek --update
        will update the internal database
poldek --upgrade 'noffle*'
        will install corrected packages

If you are using "apt" - the package manager, use the line as given below
for upgrade packages

apt-get update
        will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade 'noffle*'
        will install corrected packages

PLD Linux 1.0 alias ra
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  Source archives:

ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists/ra/updates/security/SRPMS/noffle-1.0.1-2.src.rpm
       MD5 checksum: 3ff8ad8621f9d5e69cf079bfe775a82b

  I386 Architecture components:

ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists/ra/updates/security/i386/noffle-1.0.1-2.i386.rpm
       MD5 checksum: ce8078a792e4fb38d81173d4aadbf080


  I586 Architecture components:

ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists/ra/updates/security/i586/noffle-1.0.1-2.i586.rpm
       MD5 checksum: 7b17156b26880e38487e41ce5894a5ec


  I686 Architecture components:

ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists/ra/updates/security/i686/noffle-1.0.1-2.i686.rpm
       MD5 checksum: 4eb58b09fbdd5ee4eb968a8449e0cf91


  PowerPC Architecture components:

ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists/ra/updates/security/ppc/noffle-1.0.1-2.ppc.rpm
       MD5 checksum: 04811cbec36899eec63e52a01d4842cb


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If you are using poldek add this line to poldek.conf.
If you are using apt-get add this line to sources.list.

For i386 architecture
poldek:         source = ra-updates-security ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists/ra/updates/security/i386/
apt-get:        rpm ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists ra/apt/i386 base updates-security
For i586 architecture
poldek:         source = ra-updates-security ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists/ra/updates/security/i586/
apt-get:        rpm ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists ra/apt/i586 base updates-security
For i686 architecture
poldek:         source = ra-updates-security ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists/ra/updates/security/i686/
apt-get:        rpm ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists ra/apt/i686 base updates-security
For ppc architecture
poldek:         source = ra-updates-security ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists/ra/updates/security/ppc/
apt-get:        rpm ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists ra/apt/ppc base updates-security