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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2009.0268 -- [UNIX/Linux][Debian]
New webcit packages fix potential remote code execution
24 March 2009
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: webcit
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CVE-2009-0364
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1752
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running webcit check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1752-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Florian Weimer
March 23, 2009 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : webcit
Vulnerability : format string vulnerability
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2009-0364
Wilfried Goesgens discovered that WebCit, the web-based user interface
for the Citadel groupware system, contains a format string
vulnerability in the mini_calendar component, possibly allowing
arbitrary code execution (CVE-2009-0364).
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 7.37-dfsg-7.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 7.38b-dfsg-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your webcit packages.
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 5.0 alias lenny
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webcit/webcit_7.37-dfsg.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 1192317 e3e47149a6553e43694e826f4885ba46
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webcit/webcit_7.37-dfsg-7.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 18735 f30f31bff85ef9cc40aba5bf5f3c1278
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webcit/webcit_7.37-dfsg-7.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 1253 f2b409fdfbde0c38af85070180a4321f
alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webcit/citadel-webcit_7.37-dfsg-7_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 547908 84e6dfa88008d2c51070803d0af04148
amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webcit/citadel-webcit_7.37-dfsg-7_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 509426 4e9e9b518be1a1e87cd08d0def32f612
arm architecture (ARM)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webcit/citadel-webcit_7.37-dfsg-7_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 505092 a3027a329b7a17166eddafe66eff5fde
armel architecture (ARM EABI)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webcit/citadel-webcit_7.37-dfsg-7_armel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 504990 d6df9145a39f0be111667d14528a0a52
hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webcit/citadel-webcit_7.37-dfsg-7_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 527860 f46e26bac6a926b6b7a28f9f7557077b
i386 architecture (Intel ia32)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webcit/citadel-webcit_7.37-dfsg-7_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 496954 43aac6120f334b606edddd9f9a182b44
ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webcit/citadel-webcit_7.37-dfsg-7_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 605578 2231aac4aaa8ef730485ea8d40c5019b
mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webcit/citadel-webcit_7.37-dfsg-7_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 512552 cc2904da25b4ec9e70d56b63d50e57aa
mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webcit/citadel-webcit_7.37-dfsg-7_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 511294 e0e4de0530cb84f0472765fb2bd6b62f
powerpc architecture (PowerPC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webcit/citadel-webcit_7.37-dfsg-7_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 522134 a8b1970f336c836884eddb62c614f436
s390 architecture (IBM S/390)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webcit/citadel-webcit_7.37-dfsg-7_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 505406 621a33e619037bd739bf45451ef589eb
sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webcit/citadel-webcit_7.37-dfsg-7_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 507950 1d22cf3b4f1faf910d031acb6504bfae
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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