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Debian GNU/Linux Advisory: typespeed

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 29, 2002
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 217-1                     security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                             Martin Schulze
December 27th, 2002                     http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : typespeed
Vulnerability  : buffer overflow
Problem-Type   : local
Debian-specific: no

A problem has been discovered in the typespeed, a game that lets you
measure your typematic speed.  By overflowing a buffer  a local
attacker could execute arbitrary commands under the group id games.

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been
fixed in version 0.4.1-2.1.

For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed
in version 0.4.0-5.1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.4.2-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your typespeed package.

wget url
        will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
        will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
        will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
        will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 alias potato
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  Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.0-5.1.dsc
      Size/MD5 checksum:      575 f6226194d5fc98835987d752904f7149
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.0-5.1.diff.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:     6763 deefebffe7313476dff4d1b076c46cd7
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.0.orig.tar.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:    33037 587b3ca15b32142d24bd452881c64dd1

  Alpha architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.0-5.1_alpha.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    40752 2fdb1f039ddb6fa746e785744632590f

  ARM architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.0-5.1_arm.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    34716 ae61105ff80f44f49ea6a92b48cce71e

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.0-5.1_i386.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    34326 b5bc6881676b8a102afcad03de4c4eb7

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.0-5.1_m68k.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    33486 2b6d7bac7d6f582b77a61683d7afb437

  PowerPC architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.0-5.1_powerpc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    37004 7ef642e4f567077c7eda5094359f6d8d

  Sun Sparc architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.0-5.1_sparc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    39132 521d46c4ffcb2315674388756bae0a5a


Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
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  Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.1.dsc
      Size/MD5 checksum:      575 fb28aec0af0ad71d5f3c424359082a32
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.1.diff.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:     8136 ccafdd4e0cf004587395ef4a72484efd
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1.orig.tar.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:    35492 0af9809cd20bd9010732ced930090f32

  Alpha architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.1_alpha.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    44336 83b3ed65a67602831d5dc089f53bcfc5

  ARM architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.1_arm.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    39016 eb929720e523608b0e74876c28505a86

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.1_i386.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    38708 03594d270467f1e603deb4a710cf1c54

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.1_ia64.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    49902 c21eb5bcefee5e06c2d3172675f1dd1f

  HP Precision architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.1_hppa.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    41824 f8366e40e1a202bc517c53f5c4318ff0

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.1_m68k.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    37398 97cc30fc64831b29fa381525be5efdd5

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.1_mips.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    41050 32977331dc2e7abc553bcce803a6f91c

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.1_mipsel.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    41078 5d24a3e5e23743e83c2b1e94b8e30efa

  PowerPC architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.1_powerpc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    41172 9d35eb25d585f47dcddc85bc8282ca4d

  IBM S/390 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.1_s390.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    38628 13452b96ee560a05b3d17f71ad194f5f

  Sun Sparc architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.1_sparc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    42972 0ac49283d67f331bae77b6c52cf2d521


  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next revision.

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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>;

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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