DSA-719-1 prozilla -- format string problems

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-719-1 prozilla -- format string problems

Date Reported:

28 Apr 2005

Affected Packages:

prozilla

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 12635.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-0523.

More information:

Several format string problems have been discovered in prozilla, a multi-threaded download accelerator, that can be exploited by a malicious server to execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running prozilla.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.3.6-3woody2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 1.3.7.4-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your prozilla package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/prozilla/prozilla_1.3.6-3woody2.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/prozilla/prozilla_1.3.6-3woody2.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/prozilla/prozilla_1.3.6.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/prozilla/prozilla_1.3.6-3woody2_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/prozilla/prozilla_1.3.6-3woody2_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/prozilla/prozilla_1.3.6-3woody2_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/prozilla/prozilla_1.3.6-3woody2_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/prozilla/prozilla_1.3.6-3woody2_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/prozilla/prozilla_1.3.6-3woody2_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/prozilla/prozilla_1.3.6-3woody2_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/prozilla/prozilla_1.3.6-3woody2_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/prozilla/prozilla_1.3.6-3woody2_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/prozilla/prozilla_1.3.6-3woody2_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/prozilla/prozilla_1.3.6-3woody2_sparc.deb

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