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  • [SECURITY] [DSA-2068-1] New python-cjson packages fix denial of service

    From Giuseppe Iuculano@1:229/2 to All on Sun Jul 11 10:30:02 2010
    From: [email protected]

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    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-2068-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Giuseppe Iuculano
    July 11, 2010 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package : python-cjson
    Vulnerability : buffer overflow
    Problem type : remote
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE Id : CVE-2010-1666
    Debian Bug : 587700


    Matt Giuca discovered a buffer overflow in python-cjson, a fast JSON encoder/decoder for Python.
    This allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (application crash) through a specially-crafted Python script.


    For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
    version 1.0.5-1+lenny1

    For the testing (squeeze) and the unstable (sid) distribution, this problem
    has been fixed in version 1.0.5-3

    We recommend that you upgrade your python-cjson 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 5.0 alias lenny
    - --------------------------------

    Debian (stable)
    - ---------------

    Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.

    Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python-cjson/python-cjson_1.0.5.orig.tar.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 10978 4d55b66ecdf0300313af9d030d9644a3
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python-cjson/python-cjson_1.0.5-1+lenny1.diff.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 3892 106f2da130d255e076a7bf8f5c58a593
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python-cjson/python-cjson_1.0.5-1+lenny1.dsc
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1222 64a01e8f53b2ede46a66bca6ac19b693

    alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python-cjson/python-cjson-dbg_1.0.5-1+lenny1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 73356 543d592991961edf70ba9b1dcd8e581c
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python-cjson/python-cjson_1.0.5-1+lenny1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 16624 c3e3a1e12ca21be520f4695938b7e6df

    amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python-cjson/python-cjson-dbg_1.0.5-1+lenny1_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 73264 058c96847871f8a1850c2e6b785b38d5
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python-cjson/python-cjson_1.0.5-1+lenny1_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 16882 7fca836c1f1ddaf1a3cb689ab18e9ed7

    arm architecture (ARM)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python-cjson/python-cjson-dbg_1.0.5-1+lenny1_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 64148 eddbd4ab8ed83a0c71407b64b85c939d
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python-cjson/python-cjson_1.0.5-1+lenny1_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 14316 321156989fc68dccd2b2fd636fca9f47

    armel architecture (ARM EABI)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python-cjson/python-cjson-dbg_1.0.5-1+lenny1_armel.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 65278 25fa488695e376a0b09c56817466c584
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python-cjson/python-cjson_1.0.5-1+lenny1_armel.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 14914 bf0c565b9145ac5d461064d834e463b1

    hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python-cjson/python-cjson-dbg_1.0.5-1+lenny1_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 65442 6f296a2884b0a7851d3f8f665fd9a2b5
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python-cjson/python-cjson_1.0.5-1+lenny1_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 15522 09617cae5456886281fe98861e908c05

    i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python-cjson/python-cjson_1.0.5-1+lenny1_i386.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 14446 ee7ebf4760e7332d810cbc75899f077f
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python-cjson/python-cjson-dbg_1.0.5-1+lenny1_i386.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 61442 6e0b7db1b436d7cf95d9b2c160fabefa

    ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python-cjson/python-cjson-dbg_1.0.5-1+lenny1_ia64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 81688 b41279a42693faf74bcaec4db6e3e4bd
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python-cjson/python-cjson_1.0.5-1+lenny1_ia64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 26956 820381374705502062ead4a26b0867e1

    mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python-cjson/python-cjson-dbg_1.0.5-1+lenny1_mips.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 66044 b6425d327583fcd7d259683f0256800c
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python-cjson/python-cjson_1.0.5-1+lenny1_mips.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 14618 d5ca589e8f259bd13592e61a7a80ec22

    mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python-cjson/python-cjson-dbg_1.0.5-1+lenny1_mipsel.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 65290 74f63444c91ecd17056f5dfda603496f
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python-cjson/python-cjson_1.0.5-1+lenny1_mipsel.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 14592 715e866822dc71ccca1791ad0c7709c3

    powerpc architecture (PowerPC)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python-cjson/python-cjson_1.0.5-1+lenny1_powerpc.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 18926 8711a13d0f5b309598b3e6e408d3cd5d
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python-cjson/python-cjson-dbg_1.0.5-1+lenny1_powerpc.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 81490 f9b9489b6fbb66d90fe63e566874a7a0

    s390 architecture (IBM S/390)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python-cjson/python-cjson-dbg_1.0.5-1+lenny1_s390.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 63572 43ef034d108fc60a394fa48622706f10

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