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[SUA 65-1] Upcoming Debian 7 Update (7.8)



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Debian Stable Updates Announcement SUA 65-1       https://www.debian.org/
debian-release@lists.debian.org                           Adam D. Barratt
January 5th, 2015
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Upcoming Debian 7 Update (7.8)

An update to Debian 7 is scheduled for Saturday, January 10th, 2015. As
of now it will include the following bug fixes. They can be found in
"wheezy-proposed-updates", which is carried by all official mirrors.

Please note that packages published through security.debian.org are not
listed, but will be included if possible. Some of the updates below are
also already available through "wheezy-updates".

Testing and feedback would be appreciated. Bugs should be filed in the
Debian Bug Tracking System, but please make the Release Team aware of
them by copying "debian-release@lists.debian.org" on your mails.

The point release will also include a rebuild of debian-installer.

Miscellaneous Bugfixes
----------------------

This stable update adds a few important corrections to the following
packages:

    Package                       Reason

    apache2                       Fix handling of chunk trailers to avoid bypass of intended mod_headers restrictions [CVE-2013-5704]; fix hostname comparison with SNI to be case insensitive
    apt                           Retry without partial data after a 416 response
    base-files                    Update debian_version for the point release
    bashburn                      Fix upgrades from the old "mybashburn" package in squeeze
    clamav                        Fix endless loop on special crafted quantum compressed cab files; new upstream version
    debian-archive-keyring        Add archive signing keys for Jessie
    debootstrap                   Install base-passwd and base-files in two calls rather than one to avoid problems with home-built media with different ordering in Packages
    dhcpcd5                       Fix denial of service [CVE-2014-6060]
    digikam                       Add versioned Breaks/Replaces on digikam-doc, to fix upgrades from Squeeze
    evolution-data-server         Enable all SSL/TLS versions supported by NSS
    firetray                      Increase version compatibility with icedove
    freecol                       Disable intro video to avoid hanging at startup
    gnustep-base                  Fix security issue in gdomap [CVE-2014-2980] and regression in -performSelector: with message forwarding
    gosa                          Fix XSS issue during login and authentication against LDAP server(s) via the gosa-admin DN
    intel-microcode               Disable TSX instructions in Haswell and other errata
    iucode-tool                   Fix a possible buffer overwrite, memory leak and other issues found by coverity
    libclamunrar                  Update to new upstream version, in line with clamav
    libdatetime-timezone-perl     New upstream release; update included data files to 2014j
    linux                         New upstream stable release; drm, agp: Update to 3.4.105; [rt] Update to 3.2.64-rt94; security fixes [CVE-2014-7842, CVE-2014-8134, CVE-2014-9420]
    mumble                        Fix UDP communication failing until connected user's mic is activated and data sent; fix crash on connecting; properly HTML-escape some external strings before using them in a rich-text (HTML) context [CVE-2014-3756]; fix client DoS via SVG images with local file references [CVE-2014-3755]
    netcfg                        Fix missing bounds check on nameserver array iteration
    nostalgy                      Update for compatibility with new icedove versions from security
    nvidia-graphics-drivers       New upstream release
    shutdown-at-night             Check for active users before shutting down
    sieve-extension               Increase version compatibility with icedove
    spamassassin                  Export perl_version to rules, as upstream has started using it in published rules
    tzdata                        New upstream release
    wireless-regdb                New upstream release, with updated / added data
    xulrunner                     New source package split out from iceweasel (which no longer provides xulrunner in newer versions)

A complete list of all accepted and rejected packages together with
rationale is on the preparation page for this revision:

  <https://release.debian.org/proposed-updates/stable.html>


If you encounter any issues, please don't hesitate to get in touch with
the Debian Release Team at "debian-release@lists.debian.org".

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