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Debian Security Advisory                                 security@debian.org

http://www.debian.org/security/                            Daniel Jacobowitz

November 21, 2000

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Package: xmcd

Vulnerability: untrustworthy privileged binaries

Debian-specific: yes

Vulnerable: yes



The Debian GNU/Linux xmcd package has historically installed two setuid

helpers for accessing cddb databases and SCSI cdrom drives.  More recently,

the package offered the administrator the chance to remove these setuid

flags, but did so incorrectly.



A buffer overflow in ncurses, linked to the "cda" binary, allowed a
 root

exploit.  Fixed ncurses packages have been released, as well as fixed

xmcd packages which do not install this binary with a setuid flag.



The problem is fixed in xmcd 2.5pl1-7.1, and we recommend all users with

xmcd installed upgrade to this release.  You may need to add users of xmcd

to the "audio" and "cdrom" groups in order for them to continue
 using xmcd.



Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 alias slink

--------------------------------



  Slink is no longer being supported by the Debian Security Team.  We highly

  recommend an upgrade to the current stable release.



Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (stable) alias potato

------------------------------------------



  Fixes are currently available for the Alpha, ARM, Intel ia32, Motorola
 680x0,

  PowerPC and Sun SPARC architectures, and will be included in 2.2r2.



  Source archives:

    xmcd_2.5pl1-7.1.diff.gz
      MD5 checksum: 88eb19b072950d0c00fadf90c46a0386

    xmcd_2.5pl1-7.1.dsc
      MD5 checksum: 78e6765e7bc526e200344ba400504602

    xmcd_2.5pl1.orig.tar.gz
      MD5 checksum: 316dd535081bc714c0745217471cfd65



  Alpha architecture:

    cddb_2.5pl1-7.1_alpha.deb
      MD5 checksum: 4352ea9c83aae49abd985a4e5bd0f8d4

    xmcd_2.5pl1-7.1_alpha.deb
      MD5 checksum: 46e713b153ee70ad284ce3dcab305b45



  ARM architecture:

    cddb_2.5pl1-7.1_arm.deb
      MD5 checksum: ba951094501062a45098c90de62c8b0c

    xmcd_2.5pl1-7.1_arm.deb
      MD5 checksum: cde12639f97883537e958c7444ad6c0b



  Intel ia32 architecture:

    cddb_2.5pl1-7.1_i386.deb
      MD5 checksum: 117f75f3f9f03680268fe2d12a023bab

    xmcd_2.5pl1-7.1_i386.deb
      MD5 checksum: a8a318f6ecb6b38a2cb0a36d984c3ec8



  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

    cddb_2.5pl1-7.1_m68k.deb
      MD5 checksum: 6e724e2f9ebd0b7c5143f268d7630502

    xmcd_2.5pl1-7.1_m68k.deb
      MD5 checksum: dcf12acab522d74f30ad3f5c7a4bd603



  PowerPC architecture:

    cddb_2.5pl1-7.1_powerpc.deb
      MD5 checksum: d0ffd57cb596e93f383013fdc9607569

    xmcd_2.5pl1-7.1_powerpc.deb
      MD5 checksum: 132094382de56fb7087d470c052f0644



  Sun Sparc architecture:

    cddb_2.5pl1-7.1_sparc.deb
      MD5 checksum: 48c43a24d9c6c9ae86ffceeb6bfe0a36

    xmcd_2.5pl1-7.1_sparc.deb
      MD5 checksum: 20b35079db60411b586e75a7ed196b9a



Debian GNU/Linux Unstable alias woody

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  This version of Debian is not yet released.



  Fixes will be made available for Alpha, ARM, Intel ia32, Motorola 680x0,

  PowerPC, and SPARC in the Debian archive in the next day.  The packages

  listed above may also be installed on unstable systems.



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