-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1465-1 security@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.debian.org/security/ Steve Kemp January 17, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : apt-listchanges Vulnerability : programming erorr Problem type : local Debian-specific: yes CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-0302 Felipe Sateler discovered that apt-listchanges, a package change history notification tool, used unsafe paths when importing its python libraries. This could allow the execution of arbitary shell commands if the root user executed the command in a directory which other local users may write to. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.72.5etch1. For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem was not present. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.82. We recommend that you upgrade your apt-listchanges 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 - ------------------------------- Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apt-listchanges/apt-listchanges_2.72.5etch1.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 665 6dbbc030dc907a2358874c07a157f27d http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apt-listchanges/apt-listchanges_2.72.5etch1.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 82788 e38490ef0a5515aae72011c95270dd92 Architecture independent packages: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apt-listchanges/apt-listchanges_2.72.5etch1_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 65254 b452757a483df5f805e7ee7b6f112b71 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) iD8DBQFHj2gtwM/Gs81MDZ0RAi45AJ9Zxpq7Z6rhUW0GfV4JdMNg66Vf9ACgzIcF g/Zz9PAY8L+WRLZMcfZIkYE= =bEDP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
