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Debian alert DSA-1228-1 (elinks)

From:  Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@debian.org>
To:  debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Subject:  [SECURITY] [DSA 1228-1] New elinks packages fix arbitrary shell command execution
Date:  Tue, 5 Dec 2006 20:50:15 +0100

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 1228-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff December 5th, 2006 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : elinks Vulnerability : insufficient escaping Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2006-5925 Debian Bug : 399188 Teemu Salmela discovered that the elinks character mode web browser performs insufficient sanitising of smb:// URIs, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary shell commands. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.10.4-7.1. For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 0.11.1-1.2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.11.1-1.2. We recommend that you upgrade your elinks 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 3.1 alias sarge - -------------------------------- Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/elinks/eli... Size/MD5 checksum: 855 f57923819fa4fce0caca333fb49a08cb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/elinks/eli... Size/MD5 checksum: 25157 611bbe8d6abbdec32944915213b3ffea http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/elinks/eli... Size/MD5 checksum: 3533243 d97d1755f9553a3f5c68a3fe420c6a7c Alpha architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/elinks/eli... Size/MD5 checksum: 1439074 2db129d65122955bd31c6a62700f0843 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/elinks/eli... Size/MD5 checksum: 764102 0654e01c0d5ee49ddb8d24e01d4bd220 AMD64 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/elinks/eli... Size/MD5 checksum: 1364322 aa61b139f250715d1e9cb1725bfa7938 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/elinks/eli... Size/MD5 checksum: 706090 18b9ebad31887943c0f54aebd0b355d6 ARM architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/elinks/eli... Size/MD5 checksum: 1314146 21885ec226e0eef970c24d0bda2c087c http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/elinks/eli... Size/MD5 checksum: 664026 f7c2193f6a4a68a090aabafdb7297d1b HP Precision architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/elinks/eli... Size/MD5 checksum: 1376592 3cda3866a1e2fcf13e702e789ed075df http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/elinks/eli... Size/MD5 checksum: 714314 9e491abd147dc046a3702269d9cd0d1b Intel IA-32 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/elinks/eli... Size/MD5 checksum: 1325060 0c438d6afad2fbd82f37fb2a92d2e109 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/elinks/eli... Size/MD5 checksum: 671640 d448bedeaefc0de24d256a862401da14 Intel IA-64 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/elinks/eli... Size/MD5 checksum: 1536618 c68927923c69e4d51e35df3bbca94736 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/elinks/eli... Size/MD5 checksum: 838730 9b10a09bb38f156ab2392774e123ca34 Motorola 680x0 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/elinks/eli... Size/MD5 checksum: 1282356 ce4945f7b57906ee710bc0fb1fc23d04 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/elinks/eli... Size/MD5 checksum: 639332 7e01f8968d3d7c3539164bcd5ddfe390 Big endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/elinks/eli... Size/MD5 checksum: 1368274 72ad629b2802e1027517694a38c923e2 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/elinks/eli... Size/MD5 checksum: 711436 8fc708e7101e00c668ba06247f851012 Little endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/elinks/eli... Size/MD5 checksum: 1365494 de193ce83bc57ee5544410d306d563c4 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/elinks/eli... Size/MD5 checksum: 709948 5f8a7bfba56f7c99f2318f7cb4bde8bb PowerPC architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/elinks/eli... Size/MD5 checksum: 1351744 9fb15425d622021fc9d5aeb23a70077d http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/elinks/eli... Size/MD5 checksum: 692324 dc7a80d14cd4ec9b9f0ad66a0ff4d9ec IBM S/390 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/elinks/eli... Size/MD5 checksum: 1358028 f2d57e3e90678e07239b24c76462e3e4 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/elinks/eli... Size/MD5 checksum: 707938 488e81b960f0cb8521e59d043039e6df Sun Sparc architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/elinks/eli... Size/MD5 checksum: 1328470 f1430b94811c29d5e05ec9166d73884b http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/elinks/eli... Size/MD5 checksum: 672116 5db368ec717809649fe9c6cc590a0eb6 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@lists.debian.org Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFdc08Xm3vHE4uyloRAoUmAKDaOFDdifh/9nrTFYmRXaCr9+ie4gCeLjq4 fc+oAyFB3mszcICsAkhE/gs= =6hci -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-security-announce-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org


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