Debian GNU/Linux Advisory: xpcd

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 25, 2004

Debian Security Advisory DSA 508-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/
Matt Zimmerman
May 22nd, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq


Package : xpcd
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem-Type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE Ids : CAN-2004-0402

Jaguar discovered a vulnerability in one component of xpcd, a
PhotoCD viewer. xpcd-svga, part of xpcd which uses svgalib to
display graphics on the console, would copy user-supplied data of
arbitrary length into a fixed-size buffer in the pcd_open
function.

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has
been fixed in version 2.08-8woody2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed
soon.

We recommend that you update your xpcd package.

Upgrade Instructions


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 3.0 alias woody


Source archives:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1.dsc

Size/MD5 checksum: 706 4fb68483cbb6d45728f47e5c61b3eaff

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1.diff.gz

Size/MD5 checksum: 14077 f0e7c9e426744ccf0bcfbce07197bfb3

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08.orig.tar.gz

Size/MD5 checksum: 103104 59bf5b8d0466ecb3c58ed1fffcdf499e

Alpha architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody2_alpha.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 81078 d10c02b66de2e1e290a83ddbe18ff81e

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody2_alpha.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 13400 7769c2706e18e506e8a3a965f04de689

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ARM architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody2_arm.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 68000 81c4f72e248c901f023d888fc7af3222

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody2_arm.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 11864 0d7af30d338c299f446082133d7cd934

Intel IA-32 architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_i386.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 64238 cfa0b813d7fda7c9b5dbe66700d3d13f

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_i386.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 11708 280a130ec6054eca1f8f3b4be94b9744

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-svga_2.08-8woody1_i386.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 20822 5cb42524e3ce21f35bc43aa5ef7f9967

Intel IA-64 architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_ia64.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 97682 249299d45d8a1539799969d2eb82ecf9

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_ia64.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 15310 4218754ba8daa1991e67ea7dada45c0a

HP Precision architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody2_hppa.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 73370 b009527a9708c81afe5e21ae4956eeea

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody2_hppa.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 12848 16e72f99d8b65635eeedbae7b014582b

Motorola 680×0 architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_m68k.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 62626 45a7e74314164cfbf6de164da91331f6

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_m68k.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 11488 6c68962e1cc32a221ebe11357790f21e

Big endian MIPS architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_mips.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 73488 43e5783d423f3054a57b55d95bd0d214

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_mips.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 12594 72855f1617071135eebee4c12867a26a

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Little endian MIPS architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_mipsel.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 73164 9d006b85dc71297638479002a0260fe0

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_mipsel.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 12558 ccffee63fc2c8c35e5a87ce0cb450a37

PowerPC architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_powerpc.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 68436 752053140f35df568c14c8abc5f2e7ef

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_powerpc.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 11896 fbbd067d762d0d6f7ba4e2a92dd67397

IBM S/390 architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_s390.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 69600 60c613113c20c8bf80b1a9d44836697b

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_s390.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 12486 8b63fbf6feeaaf4a3b1c64674bcfca9b

Sun Sparc architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd_2.08-8woody1_sparc.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 72736 db142879397f6e3723641acee424f3b5

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpcd/xpcd-gimp_2.08-8woody1_sparc.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 11780 3acbff9fae774d384aa8546048a2ea40

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


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>

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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