Debian Security Advisory

DSA-812-1 turqstat -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

15 Sep 2005

Affected Packages:

turqstat

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-2658.

More information:

Peter Karlsson discovered a buffer overflow in Turquoise SuperStat, a program for gathering statistics from Fidonet and Usenet, that can be exploited by a specially crafted NNTP server.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.1woody1.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.2sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.4-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your turqstat package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/turqstat_2.2.1woody1.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/turqstat_2.2.1woody1.tar.gz
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/turqstat_2.2.1woody1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/xturqstat_2.2.1woody1_alpha.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/turqstat_2.2.1woody1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/xturqstat_2.2.1woody1_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/turqstat_2.2.1woody1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/xturqstat_2.2.1woody1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/turqstat_2.2.1woody1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/xturqstat_2.2.1woody1_ia64.deb
HPPA:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/turqstat_2.2.1woody1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/xturqstat_2.2.1woody1_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/turqstat_2.2.1woody1_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/xturqstat_2.2.1woody1_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/turqstat_2.2.1woody1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/xturqstat_2.2.1woody1_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/turqstat_2.2.1woody1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/xturqstat_2.2.1woody1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/turqstat_2.2.1woody1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/xturqstat_2.2.1woody1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/turqstat_2.2.1woody1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/xturqstat_2.2.1woody1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/turqstat_2.2.1woody1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/xturqstat_2.2.1woody1_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/turqstat_2.2.2sarge1.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/turqstat_2.2.2sarge1.tar.gz
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/turqstat_2.2.2sarge1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/xturqstat_2.2.2sarge1_alpha.deb
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/turqstat_2.2.2sarge1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/xturqstat_2.2.2sarge1_amd64.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/turqstat_2.2.2sarge1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/xturqstat_2.2.2sarge1_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/turqstat_2.2.2sarge1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/xturqstat_2.2.2sarge1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/turqstat_2.2.2sarge1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/xturqstat_2.2.2sarge1_ia64.deb
HPPA:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/turqstat_2.2.2sarge1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/xturqstat_2.2.2sarge1_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/turqstat_2.2.2sarge1_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/xturqstat_2.2.2sarge1_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/turqstat_2.2.2sarge1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/xturqstat_2.2.2sarge1_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/turqstat_2.2.2sarge1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/xturqstat_2.2.2sarge1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/turqstat_2.2.2sarge1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/xturqstat_2.2.2sarge1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/turqstat_2.2.2sarge1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/xturqstat_2.2.2sarge1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/turqstat_2.2.2sarge1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/turqstat/xturqstat_2.2.2sarge1_sparc.deb

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