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ESB-2005.0712 -- Debian Security Advisory DSA 811-1 -- New common-lisp-controller packages fix arbitrary code injection

Date: 22 November 2005

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            ESB-2005.0712 -- Debian Security Advisory DSA 811-1
     New common-lisp-controller packages fix arbitrary code injection
                             22 November 2005

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           common-lisp-controller
Publisher:         Debian
Operating System:  Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
                   UNIX variants
Impact:            Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access:            Existing Account
CVE Names:         CAN-2005-2657

Comment: Debian has re-released this update to fix a compatibility 
	 problem introduced by the original update packages. See:
         http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-811

Revision History:  November 22 2005: Debian fixes regression in previous update
                   September 14 2005: Initial Release

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 811-1                     security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                             Martin Schulze
September 14th, 2005                    http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : common-lisp-controller
Vulnerability  : design error
Problem type   : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID         : CAN-2005-2657

François-René Rideau discovered a bug in common-lisp-controller, a
Common Lisp source and compiler manager, that allows a local user to
compile malicious code into a cache directory which is executed by
another user if that user has not used Common Lisp before.

The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.15sarge2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.18.

We recommend that you upgrade your common-lisp-controller package.


Upgrade Instructions
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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 3.1 alias sarge
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  Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/common-lisp-controller/common-lisp-controller_4.15sarge2.dsc
      Size/MD5 checksum:      599 bcb4fb7eb8c11f08446b6e4105f2a822
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/common-lisp-controller/common-lisp-controller_4.15sarge2.tar.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:    25058 cdcdf88a0ff8e5bf836769d623e25638

  Architecture independent components:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/common-lisp-controller/common-lisp-controller_4.15sarge2_all.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    24090 156cd8800e862992ff0feed5d8f59a47


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

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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>

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