Package : unzip Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem type : local (remote) Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2005-4667 CERT advisory : BugTraq ID : 15968 Debian Bug : 349794.
A buffer overflow in the command line argument parsing has been discovered in unzip, the de-archiver for ZIP files that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 5.50-1woody6.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 5.52-1sarge4.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 5.52-7.
We recommend that you upgrade your unzip package.
Upgrade Instructions - --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody - --------------------------------