New zhcon packages has been released for Debian GNU/Linux

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 655-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
January 25th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : zhcon
Vulnerability : missing privilege release
Problem-Type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2005-0072

Erik Sjölund discovered that zhcon, a fast console CJK system using the Linux framebuffer, accesses a user-controlled configuration file with elevated privileges. Thus, it is possible to read arbitrary files.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.2-4woody3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your zhcon package.



Upgrade Instructions
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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
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Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zhcon/zhcon_0.2-4woody3.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 571 cef550eb0e12c8841fb19dec63b57c18
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zhcon/zhcon_0.2-4woody3.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 18162 5757142ee30a5d3e990180a44bfbf8cd
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zhcon/zhcon_0.2.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 4727022 7a15d08e903c0d40f1f659b23185c4c0

Alpha architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zhcon/zhcon_0.2-4woody3_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4577314 574567f7d5ff0c730d7c8403da284d62

ARM architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zhcon/zhcon_0.2-4woody3_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4566364 e9cc7274596bd612b85b832945d4fedc

Intel IA-32 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zhcon/zhcon_0.2-4woody3_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4549436 adcaa080b69de7c3d7de5d5c58bd2ee6

Intel IA-64 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zhcon/zhcon_0.2-4woody3_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4594976 ff8e34b0df2d5548918698972ae71ac4

HP Precision architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zhcon/zhcon_0.2-4woody3_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4590474 68576eb8887b9bda98afc3548704d491

Motorola 680x0 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zhcon/zhcon_0.2-4woody3_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4545894 419dcce4d28053e9527888f064dd9a9d

Big endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zhcon/zhcon_0.2-4woody3_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4557002 70955d5fd0205214a4add453ebda3c9c

Little endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zhcon/zhcon_0.2-4woody3_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4555974 81e127f1ebecb1519ccc08472909a6cc

PowerPC architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zhcon/zhcon_0.2-4woody3_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4548730 7d99eb0b961e83cf9067355c39ba656b

IBM S/390 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zhcon/zhcon_0.2-4woody3_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4544774 172e282c5c27a5d12a2e3b709b7e89c2

Sun Sparc architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zhcon/zhcon_0.2-4woody3_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4546018 f6d5b53efb642de658498c091884ff7e


These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update.