Package : kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips Vulnerability : integer overflow Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2003-0961
RedHat and SuSE kernel and security teams revealed an integer overflow in the do_brk() function of the Linux kernel allows local users to gain root privileges.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody4. Other architectures are already or will be fixed separately.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon with newly uploaded packages.
We recommend that you upgrade your kernel image packages for the mips and mipsel architectures. This problem has been fixed in the upstream version 2.4.23 as well and is also present in 2.4.24, of course.
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 --------------------------------