Security update for Debian Testing - 2008-08-29
This automatic mail gives an overview over security issues that were recently
fixed in Debian Testing. The majority of fixed packages migrate to testing
from unstable. If this would take too long, fixed packages are uploaded to the
testing-security repository instead. It can also happen that vulnerable
packages are removed from Debian testing.
DTSA:
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The following issues have been fixed by uploads to testing-security:
r-base 2.7.1-1+lenny1:
DTSA-162-1 : r-base - symlink attack
<no CVE yet> : r-base: insecure temp file
http://bugs.debian.org/496418
samba 2:3.2.1-1+lenny1:
DTSA-161-1 : samba - privilege escalation
CVE-2008-3789: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3789
http://bugs.debian.org/496073
Migrated from unstable:
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awstats 6.7.dfsg-5:
CVE-2008-3714: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3714
linux-2.6 2.6.26-3:
CVE-2007-6712: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6712
CVE-2008-2372: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2372
CVE-2008-2750: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2750
CVE-2008-3496: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3496
CVE-2008-3534: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3534
CVE-2008-3535: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3535
qemu 0.9.1-6:
<no CVE yet> : qemu: insecure temp file
http://bugs.debian.org/496394
rancid 2.3.2~a8-2:
<no CVE yet> : rancid: insecure temp file
http://bugs.debian.org/496426
realtimebattle 1.0.8-8:
<no CVE yet> : realtimebattle: insecure temp file
http://bugs.debian.org/496385
sng 1.0.2-6:
<no CVE yet> : sng: insecure temp file
http://bugs.debian.org/496407
xmcd 2.6-21:
<no CVE yet> : xmcd: insecure temp file
http://bugs.debian.org/496416
How to update:
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Make sure the line
deb http://security.debian.org lenny/updates main contrib non-free
is present in your /etc/apt/sources.list. Of course, you also need the line
pointing to your normal lenny mirror. You can use
aptitude update && aptitude dist-upgrade
to install the updates.
More information:
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More information about which security issues affect Debian can be found in the
security tracker:
http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/
A list of all known unfixed security issues is at
http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/status/release/testing
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