DSA-649-1 xtrlock -- buffer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-649-1 xtrlock -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

20 Jan 2005

Affected Packages:

xtrlock

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 278190, Bug 278191.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-0079.

More information:

A buffer overflow has been discovered in xtrlock, a minimal X display lock program which can be exploited by a malicious local attacker to crash the lock program and take over the desktop session.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0-6woody2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0-9.

We recommend that you upgrade your xtrlock package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xtrlock/xtrlock_2.0-6woody2.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xtrlock/xtrlock_2.0-6woody2.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xtrlock/xtrlock_2.0-6woody2_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xtrlock/xtrlock_2.0-6woody2_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xtrlock/xtrlock_2.0-6woody2_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xtrlock/xtrlock_2.0-6woody2_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xtrlock/xtrlock_2.0-6woody2_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xtrlock/xtrlock_2.0-6woody2_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xtrlock/xtrlock_2.0-6woody2_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xtrlock/xtrlock_2.0-6woody2_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xtrlock/xtrlock_2.0-6woody2_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xtrlock/xtrlock_2.0-6woody2_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xtrlock/xtrlock_2.0-6woody2_sparc.deb

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