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Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 1103-1] New Linux kernel 2.6.8 packages fix several vulnerabilities



On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 07:00:01AM +0200, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote:
> 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.

How about saying also:

"Installing, upgrading and dist-upgrading the kernel-image-2.6-[arch] 
metapackage will keep the installed Debian kernels updated also when kernel
package names change due to ABI changes."

>     http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-alpha
>/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2_2.6.8-16sarge1_alpha.deb
                       ^         ^^^^^^

2.6.8-2 and sarge1? This and older kernel advisories contain URL's and 
md5sums for kernel binary packages which don't fix the mentioned 
vulnerabilities[1]. Is this a bug or am I missing something?

-Mikko

[1] $ grep sarge1 dsa-1103-1.txt

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-alpha/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2_2.6.8-16sarge1_alpha.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-alpha/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-generic_2.6.8-16sarge1_alpha.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-alpha/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-smp_2.6.8-16sarge1_alpha.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-alpha/kernel-image-2.6.8-2-generic_2.6.8-16sarge1_alpha.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-alpha/kernel-image-2.6.8-2-smp_2.6.8-16sarge1_alpha.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-hppa/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2_2.6.8-6sarge1_hppa.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-hppa/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-32_2.6.8-6sarge1_hppa.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-hppa/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-32-smp_2.6.8-6sarge1_hppa.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-hppa/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-64_2.6.8-6sarge1_hppa.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-hppa/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-64-smp_2.6.8-6sarge1_hppa.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-hppa/kernel-image-2.6.8-2-32_2.6.8-6sarge1_hppa.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-hppa/kernel-image-2.6.8-2-32-smp_2.6.8-6sarge1_hppa.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-hppa/kernel-image-2.6.8-2-64_2.6.8-6sarge1_hppa.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-hppa/kernel-image-2.6.8-2-64-smp_2.6.8-6sarge1_hppa.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-i386/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2_2.6.8-16sarge1_i386.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-i386/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-386_2.6.8-16sarge1_i386.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-i386/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-686_2.6.8-16sarge1_i386.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-i386/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-686-smp_2.6.8-16sarge1_i386.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-i386/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-k7_2.6.8-16sarge1_i386.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-i386/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-k7-smp_2.6.8-16sarge1_i386.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-i386/kernel-image-2.6.8-2-386_2.6.8-16sarge1_i386.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-i386/kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686_2.6.8-16sarge1_i386.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-i386/kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686-smp_2.6.8-16sarge1_i386.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-i386/kernel-image-2.6.8-2-k7_2.6.8-16sarge1_i386.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-i386/kernel-image-2.6.8-2-k7-smp_2.6.8-16sarge1_i386.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-ia64/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2_2.6.8-14sarge1_ia64.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-ia64/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-itanium_2.6.8-14sarge1_ia64.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-ia64/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-itanium-smp_2.6.8-14sarge1_ia64.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-ia64/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-mckinley_2.6.8-14sarge1_ia64.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-ia64/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-mckinley-smp_2.6.8-14sarge1_ia64.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-ia64/kernel-image-2.6.8-2-itanium_2.6.8-14sarge1_ia64.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-ia64/kernel-image-2.6.8-2-itanium-smp_2.6.8-14sarge1_ia64.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-ia64/kernel-image-2.6.8-2-mckinley_2.6.8-14sarge1_ia64.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-ia64/kernel-image-2.6.8-2-mckinley-smp_2.6.8-14sarge1_ia64.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-powerpc-2.6.8/kernel-build-2.6.8-power3_2.6.8-12sarge1_powerpc.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-powerpc-2.6.8/kernel-build-2.6.8-power3-smp_2.6.8-12sarge1_powerpc.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-powerpc-2.6.8/kernel-build-2.6.8-power4_2.6.8-12sarge1_powerpc.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-powerpc-2.6.8/kernel-build-2.6.8-power4-smp_2.6.8-12sarge1_powerpc.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-powerpc-2.6.8/kernel-build-2.6.8-powerpc_2.6.8-12sarge1_powerpc.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-powerpc-2.6.8/kernel-build-2.6.8-powerpc-smp_2.6.8-12sarge1_powerpc.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-powerpc-2.6.8/kernel-headers-2.6.8_2.6.8-12sarge1_powerpc.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-powerpc-2.6.8/kernel-image-2.6.8-power3_2.6.8-12sarge1_powerpc.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-powerpc-2.6.8/kernel-image-2.6.8-power3-smp_2.6.8-12sarge1_powerpc.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-powerpc-2.6.8/kernel-image-2.6.8-power4_2.6.8-12sarge1_powerpc.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-powerpc-2.6.8/kernel-image-2.6.8-power4-smp_2.6.8-12sarge1_powerpc.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-powerpc-2.6.8/kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc_2.6.8-12sarge1_powerpc.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-powerpc-2.6.8/kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc-smp_2.6.8-12sarge1_powerpc.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-s390/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2_2.6.8-5sarge1_s390.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-s390/kernel-image-2.6.8-2-s390_2.6.8-5sarge1_s390.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-s390/kernel-image-2.6.8-2-s390-tape_2.6.8-5sarge1_s390.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-s390/kernel-image-2.6.8-2-s390x_2.6.8-5sarge1_s390.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-sparc/kernel-build-2.6.8-2_2.6.8-15sarge1_sparc.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-sparc/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2_2.6.8-15sarge1_sparc.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-sparc/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-sparc32_2.6.8-15sarge1_sparc.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-sparc/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-sparc64_2.6.8-15sarge1_sparc.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-sparc/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-sparc64-smp_2.6.8-15sarge1_sparc.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-sparc/kernel-image-2.6.8-2-sparc32_2.6.8-15sarge1_sparc.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-sparc/kernel-image-2.6.8-2-sparc64_2.6.8-15sarge1_sparc.deb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-sparc/kernel-image-2.6.8-2-sparc64-smp_2.6.8-15sarge1_sparc.deb



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