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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2008.0064 -- [UNIX/Linux][Debian] New apt-listchanges packages fix arbitrary code execution 18 January 2008 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: apt-listchanges Publisher: Debian Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands Access: Existing Account CVE Names: CVE-2008-0302 Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1465 Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators running apt-listchanges check for an updated version of the software for their operating system. - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1465-2 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Steve Kemp January 17, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : apt-listchanges Vulnerability : programming error Problem type : local Debian-specific: yes CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-0302 Felipe Sateler discovered that apt-listchanges, a package change history notification tool, used unsafe paths when importing its python libraries. This could allow the execution of arbitary shell commands if the root user executed the command in a directory which other local users may write to. This security update fixes a regression in the previous one, which caused the package to fail to work. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.72.5etch1. For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem was not present. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.82. We recommend that you upgrade your apt-listchanges 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 3.1 alias sarge - - -------------------------------- Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch - - ------------------------------- Debian (stable) - - --------------- Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc. Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apt-listchanges/apt-listchanges_2.72.5etch2.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 82907 2269a7d6e2bc1c964d214aa09696674f http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apt-listchanges/apt-listchanges_2.72.5etch2.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 665 3f7898a52530e876b443dd8984b58f98 Architecture independent packages: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apt-listchanges/apt-listchanges_2.72.5etch2_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 65308 323f63a82a48342fa5a2dbfd8c045c14 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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> - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHj365wM/Gs81MDZ0RAgWSAKCquI3zg3sRhylg7kZtPkL/HFE6EACcDL9z NStMOkJ9uvo7YpqNnnQrrvU= =fp/A - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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