Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 1286-1] New Linux 2.6.18 packages fix several vulnerabilities

[Stefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de>]

Hi,

On Mittwoch, 2. Mai 2007, Celejar wrote:
> Dann Frazier <dannf@debian.org> wrote:
> > Package        : linux-2.6
> > Vulnerability  : several
> > Problem-Type   : local/remote
> > Debian-specific: no
> > CVE ID         : CVE-2007-0005 CVE-2007-0958 CVE-2007-1357
> > CVE-2007-1592

> 1) DSA 1286-1 isn't (yet) on the Debian Security page [0]. I assume
> this means that the advisories are mailed first and subsequently
> added to the website?

Yes.

> 2) The advisory doesn't mention unstable, but three of the four
> CVEs affect kernels up to 2.6.21, which would include 2.6.20 in
> unstable. Will there be an advisory mentioning unstable?

No, the fixes will just be (or already have been) uploaded to 
unstable.

You can get more up-to-date information from the security tracker:

http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2007-0005
...
http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/status/release/unstable

The information there shows that the issues are already fixed in 
2.6.20-1.

Look at the debsecan package. It can notify you about security issues 
in unstable automatically. 

Cheers,
Stefan