Package : kernel-source-2.4.18, kernel-image-2.4.18-1-i386 Vulnerability : mising boundary check Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2003-0985
Paul Starzetz discovered a flaw in bounds checking in mremap() in the Linux kernel (present in version 2.2.x, 2.4.x and 2.6.x) which may allow a local attacker to gain root privileges.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in kernel-source version 2.4.18-14.1 and kernel-images versions 2.4.18-12.1 and 2.4.18-5woody6 (bf) for the i386 architecture.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon with newly uploaded packages.
We recommend that you upgrade your kernel packages. This problem has been fixed in the upstream version 2.4.24 as well.
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 --------------------------------
