Hello, just a question: I can't find a package by this name "shadow". So what's this all about? Greetings Steffen Hoffmann Martin Schulze, 12.08.2006 18:50: > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Debian Security Advisory DSA 1150-1 security@debian.org > http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze > August 12th, 2006 http://www.debian.org/security/faq > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Package : shadow > Vulnerability : programming error > Problem type : local > Debian-specific: no > CVE ID : CVE-2006-2194 > BugTraq ID : 18849 > > A bug has been discovered in several packages that execute teh > setuid() system call without checking for sucess when trying to drop > privileges, which may fail with some PAM configurations. > > For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in > version 4.0.3-31sarge8. > > For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in > version 4.0.17-2. > > We recommend that you upgrade your passwd 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 at the end of this advisory: > > 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 > -------------------------------- > > Source archives: > > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/shadow_4.0.3-31sarge8.dsc > Size/MD5 checksum: 839 41bfb3755b2ce8757503ddacdc16ce2e > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/shadow_4.0.3-31sarge8.diff.gz > Size/MD5 checksum: 1319891 37ff81fdb6257fd5fbf0dac750994a17 > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/shadow_4.0.3.orig.tar.gz > Size/MD5 checksum: 1045704 b52dfb2e5e8d9a4a2aae0ca1b266c513 > > Alpha architecture: > > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/login_4.0.3-31sarge8_alpha.deb > Size/MD5 checksum: 592990 fc32b98aaa86270b24ffcbcc628c6b53 > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/passwd_4.0.3-31sarge8_alpha.deb > Size/MD5 checksum: 693290 df12c75d0cb8a4ed74cf3d9b9a42b544 > > AMD64 architecture: > > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/login_4.0.3-31sarge8_amd64.deb > Size/MD5 checksum: 583790 a6fa0e91cff19cce477ffa2ef9c15a51 > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/passwd_4.0.3-31sarge8_amd64.deb > Size/MD5 checksum: 598818 bd00af826eb416d84a806d3b85aae20a > > ARM architecture: > > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/login_4.0.3-31sarge8_arm.deb > Size/MD5 checksum: 573182 ff4ee5cfa0a41db6b0d3828b85791eb1 > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/passwd_4.0.3-31sarge8_arm.deb > Size/MD5 checksum: 524146 b3163af303b9325b8b3fbd17847d5510 > > Intel IA-32 architecture: > > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/login_4.0.3-31sarge8_i386.deb > Size/MD5 checksum: 575962 da7d31edbc2ae8efa062efceb7412403 > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/passwd_4.0.3-31sarge8_i386.deb > Size/MD5 checksum: 528482 674bc0f5a55b5a9c089776946881912e > > Intel IA-64 architecture: > > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/login_4.0.3-31sarge8_ia64.deb > Size/MD5 checksum: 602812 6d5bf5529766f141197e06526ad89e03 > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/passwd_4.0.3-31sarge8_ia64.deb > Size/MD5 checksum: 757510 ee72e952ae6a72ad1bb43926736fc524 > > HP Precision architecture: > > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/login_4.0.3-31sarge8_hppa.deb > Size/MD5 checksum: 583126 6a6fe662ce9b70b105445287f7de8350 > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/passwd_4.0.3-31sarge8_hppa.deb > Size/MD5 checksum: 573358 52982450016009a1d105026df2ed9476 > > Motorola 680x0 architecture: > > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/login_4.0.3-31sarge8_m68k.deb > Size/MD5 checksum: 571880 95318dd38be1768f37870ef76772d468 > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/passwd_4.0.3-31sarge8_m68k.deb > Size/MD5 checksum: 512466 84bb5dfc7a00b48331d16135659ce4b1 > > Big endian MIPS architecture: > > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/login_4.0.3-31sarge8_mips.deb > Size/MD5 checksum: 588494 9fe712af58492605236207221ca86cbf > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/passwd_4.0.3-31sarge8_mips.deb > Size/MD5 checksum: 656588 bcc61369a7b7d26c0f2deae3fcea169b > > Little endian MIPS architecture: > > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/login_4.0.3-31sarge8_mipsel.deb > Size/MD5 checksum: 587674 9d4ab58720cbeff9e77ca5e543092cfd > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/passwd_4.0.3-31sarge8_mipsel.deb > Size/MD5 checksum: 654250 1ddb102ea0773af194c5ac4198d91b14 > > PowerPC architecture: > > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/login_4.0.3-31sarge8_powerpc.deb > Size/MD5 checksum: 583558 43a88fc71b1d49d0fa369008f683bf6a > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/passwd_4.0.3-31sarge8_powerpc.deb > Size/MD5 checksum: 565848 cb039cc1d7d3b3b2197336b246a005a4 > > IBM S/390 architecture: > > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/login_4.0.3-31sarge8_s390.deb > Size/MD5 checksum: 583082 d2bc93a93d9c8d558e9928267ebcbf36 > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/passwd_4.0.3-31sarge8_s390.deb > Size/MD5 checksum: 578882 983719b3c73ce360585e49a38ba2f2e1 > > Sun Sparc architecture: > > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/login_4.0.3-31sarge8_sparc.deb > Size/MD5 checksum: 575736 1d138fefdee9b5714f002ec0dd56b7f7 > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/passwd_4.0.3-31sarge8_sparc.deb > Size/MD5 checksum: 532128 96efe104eae8a228474a5d456c3b2907 > > > 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> >
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