DSA-584-1 dhcp -- format string vulnerability

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-584-1 dhcp -- format string vulnerability

Date Reported:

04 Nov 2004

Affected Packages:

dhcp

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2004-1006.

More information:

"infamous41md" noticed that the log functions in dhcp 2.x, which is still distributed in the stable Debian release, contained pass parameters to function that use format strings. One use seems to be exploitable in connection with a malicious DNS server.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 2.0pl5-11woody1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 2.0pl5-19.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your dhcp package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-11woody1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-11woody1.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-11woody1_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-11woody1_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-11woody1_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-11woody1_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-11woody1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-11woody1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-11woody1_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-11woody1_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-11woody1_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-11woody1_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-11woody1_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-11woody1_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-11woody1_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-11woody1_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-11woody1_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-11woody1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-11woody1_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-11woody1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-11woody1_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-11woody1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-11woody1_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-11woody1_sparc.deb

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