-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1360 security@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.debian.org/security/ Steve Kemp August 28th, 2007 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : rsync Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2007-4091 Sebastian Krahmer discovered that rsync, a fast remote file copy program, contains an off-by-one error which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitary code via long directory names. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.9-2etch1. For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem is not presnt. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your rsync 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 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. Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch - -------------------------------- Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc. Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 811841 996d8d8831dbca17910094e56dcb5942 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch1.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 566 88e831455ff40fb1304f9b24b172b4e8 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch1.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 50070 acd89cbfb221bff96ca9732332e4ae43 alpha architecture (DEC Alpha) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch1_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 294200 a2ddf8c18592ca6e20fa33663d08dad6 amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch1_amd64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 272024 3677f9d2cc84052aca640abdaeec1441 arm architecture (ARM) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch1_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 266872 188297b61849dc0b14d84efc90f686e3 hppa architecture (HP PA RISC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch1_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 282476 1acb103997507f90c21fb2dce5b7acd8 i386 architecture (Intel ia32) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch1_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 261328 44920a341f482f28adc30822490d3478 ia64 architecture (Intel ia64) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch1_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 356938 dcbf3146f1e5957ff77485d56ba54443 mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch1_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 286592 13ce6e1a92a2ef6936f7895afadd2c4f mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch1_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 287174 fae85198a3dc65d38fe5a9d2d10eb860 s390 architecture (IBM S/390) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch1_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 278758 4d4d7e358e75cead3bc9b627efca35b6 sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch1_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 264106 3e645f1c1563c4ed1f449daf3b48a658 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG1GQwwM/Gs81MDZ0RAjhuAJ4s0btmOFWqXbz4I2hpnKMCMRk/MQCghAFZ k9FyN9EoJEBLAfakZiHpY4I= =HChL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----