Debian Security Advisory
DSA-584-1 dhcp -- format string vulnerability
- Date Reported:
- 04 Nov 2004
- Affected Packages:
- dhcp
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2004-1006.
- More information:
-
"infamous41md" noticed that the log functions in dhcp 2.x, which is still distributed in the stable Debian release, contained pass parameters to function that use format strings. One use seems to be exploitable in connection with a malicious DNS server.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 2.0pl5-11woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 2.0pl5-19.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your dhcp package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-11woody1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-11woody1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-11woody1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-11woody1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-11woody1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-11woody1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-11woody1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-11woody1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-11woody1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-11woody1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-11woody1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-11woody1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-11woody1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-11woody1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-11woody1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-11woody1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-11woody1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-11woody1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-11woody1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-11woody1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-11woody1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-11woody1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-11woody1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-11woody1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-11woody1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-11woody1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.