DSA-644-1 chbg -- buffer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-644-1 chbg -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

18 Jan 2005

Affected Packages:

chbg

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 285904.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2004-1264.

More information:

Danny Lungstrom discovered a vulnerability in chbg, a tool to change background pictures. A maliciously crafted configuration/scenario file could overflow a buffer and lead to the execution of arbitrary code on the victim's machine.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.5-1woody1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.5-4.

We recommend that you upgrade your chbg package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_ia64.deb

HPPA: Cannot be updated due to compiler error.

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chbg/chbg_1.5-1woody1_sparc.deb

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