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[DSA385] DSA-385-1 hztty

Family:

Debian Local Security Checks

Category:

infos

Copyright:

This script is (C) 2004 Michel Arboi

Summary:

DSA-385-1 hztty

Version:

$Revision: 1.4 $

Cve_id:

CAN-2003-0783

Bugtraq_id:

8656

Xrefs:

DSA:385

Description:

Jens Steube reported a pair of buffer overflow vulnerabilities in
hztty, a program to translate Chinese character encodings in a
terminal session. These vulnerabilities could be exploited by a local
attacker to gain root privileges on a system where hztty is installed.
Additionally, hztty had been incorrectly installed setuid root, when
it only requires the privileges of group utmp. This has also been
corrected in this update.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0-5.2woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed in
version 2.0-6.
We recommend that you update your hztty package.


Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-385
Risk factor : High