DSA-611-1 htget -- buffer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-611-1 htget -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

20 Dec 2004

Affected Packages:

htget

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2004-0852.

More information:

"infamous41md" discovered a buffer overflow in htget, a file grabber that will get files from HTTP servers. It is possible to overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code by accessing a malicious URL.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.93-1.1woody1.

This package is not present in the testing and unstable distributions.

We recommend that you upgrade your htget package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htget/htget_0.93-1.1woody1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htget/htget_0.93-1.1woody1.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htget/htget_0.93-1.1woody1_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htget/htget_0.93-1.1woody1_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htget/htget_0.93-1.1woody1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htget/htget_0.93-1.1woody1_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htget/htget_0.93-1.1woody1_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htget/htget_0.93-1.1woody1_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htget/htget_0.93-1.1woody1_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htget/htget_0.93-1.1woody1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htget/htget_0.93-1.1woody1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htget/htget_0.93-1.1woody1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htget/htget_0.93-1.1woody1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.