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Debian update for conquest
Secunia Advisory: SA10178
Release Date: 2003-11-10
Popularity: 6,940 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid

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CVE reference:CVE-2003-0933


Description:
Debian has issued updated packages for conquest. These fix a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to escalate their privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when handling environment variables. This can be exploited to cause buffer overflows and execute arbitrary code with group "conquest" privileges.

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

-- Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody --

Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...c/conquest/conquest_7.1.1-6woody1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 606 89c7be20d34d9176d18eb51f28c7806e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...nquest/conquest_7.1.1-6woody1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 32749 27d90e0b6719579833cb064a2b70dcdb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...c/conquest/conquest_7.1.1.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 255029 c02891f6c0c4b8c73a82c1c8185e3025

Alpha architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...uest/conquest_7.1.1-6woody1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 366064 b6d212bd4a4880488195d47002e66981

ARM architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...nquest/conquest_7.1.1-6woody1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 227160 42399fea69c68ce63890e63b1b6c00ef

Intel IA-32 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...quest/conquest_7.1.1-6woody1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 228846 f03fd6daf700e6f3bf8def68eff30d72

Intel IA-64 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...quest/conquest_7.1.1-6woody1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 402110 ffbff5ca106ee2d41b28aa15e61f74ce

HP Precision architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...quest/conquest_7.1.1-6woody1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 260870 1348a3b191e52a84302ee6304654007f

Motorola 680x0 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...quest/conquest_7.1.1-6woody1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 215282 02fc3e118af479c039dde99cf400dac7

Big endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...quest/conquest_7.1.1-6woody1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 277570 a538cc763893262f56dbcc247d63f75f

Little endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...est/conquest_7.1.1-6woody1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 275324 ca3d4e2831592b7a0a9b302845895699

PowerPC architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...st/conquest_7.1.1-6woody1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 267460 6c14f9505b9a70a26b251086fb0a4283

IBM S/390 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...quest/conquest_7.1.1-6woody1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 241432 f427b9ce0febfe66370b773c84e30a2e

Sun Sparc architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...uest/conquest_7.1.1-6woody1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 302096 50f45c32dc171f547ade2d0439e3ebe0


-- Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid --

Fixed in version 7.2-5.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Steve Kemp

Original Advisory:
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-398


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