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[SECURITY] [DSA 1435-1] New clamav packages fix several vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-6336

    It was discovered that on off-by-one in the MS-ZIP decompression
    code may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
version 0.90.1-3etch8.

The old stable distribution (sarge) is not affected by these problems.
However, since the clamav version from Sarge cannot process all current
Clam malware signatures any longer, support for the ClamAV in Sarge is

[SECURITY] [DSA-2001-1] New php5 packages fix multiple vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-4143

    Memory corruption via session interruption.

In the stable distribution (lenny), this update also includes bug fixes
(bug #529278, #556459, #565387, #523073) that were to be included in a
stable point release as version 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny5.


For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in

[SECURITY] [DSA-1953-1] New expat packages fix denial of service

Jan Lieskovsky discovered an error in expat, an XML parsing C library,
when parsing certain UTF-8 sequences, which can be exploited to crash an
application using the library.

For the old stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.95.8-3.4+etch2.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0.1-4+lenny2.


[SECURITY] [DSA-1940-1] New php5 packages fix several issues

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the PHP 5
hypertext preprocessor. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
project identifies the following problems:

The following issues have been fixed in both the stable (lenny)
and the oldstable (etch) distributions:
   
CVE-2009-2687 CVE-2009-3292

    The exif module did not properly handle malformed jpeg files,

Positron Security Advisory #2009-001: Memcached and MemcacheDB ASLR Bypass Weakness

official release announcement can be viewed at
<http://groups.google.com/group/memcached/browse_thread/thread/ \
ff96a9b88fb5d40e>.

    The maintainer of MemcacheDB claimed to fix the issue in the
code repository, but unfortunately, has not released a stable
package containing it (see section V below for details).  In the
meantime, the following unofficial patch can be applied to the
source tree of MemcacheDB v1.2.0:

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[SECURITY] [DSA 1783-1] New mysql-dfsg-5.0 packages fix multiple vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-3963

    Kay Roepke reported that the MySQL server would not properly handle
    an empty bit-string literal in an SQL statement, allowing an
    authenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service (a crash)
    in mysqld.  This issue affects the oldstable distribution (etch), but
    not the stable distribution (lenny).

CVE-2008-4456

    Thomas Henlich reported that the MySQL commandline client application

[SECURITY] [DSA 1514-1] New moin packages fix several vulnerabilities

    The macro code validates access control lists insufficiently,
    which could lead to information disclosure.


For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.5.3-1.2etch1. This update also includes a bugfix wrt the
encoding of password reminder mails, which doesn't have security
implications.

The old stable distribution (sarge) will not be updated due to

[SECURITY] [DSA 1497-1] New clamav packages fix several vulnerabilities

    Silvio Cesare discovered an integer overflow in the parser for PE
    headers.


For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
version 0.90.1dfsg-3etch10. In addition to these fixes, this update
also incorporates changes from the upcoming point release of the
stable distribution (non-free RAR handling code was removed).

The version of clamav in the old stable distribution (sarge) is no

[SECURITY] [DSA 1463-1] New postgresql-7.4 packages fix several vulnerabilities

    Functions in index expressions could lead to privilege escalation. For
    a more in depth explanation please see the upstream announce available
    at http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.905.

The unstable distribution (sid) no longer contains postgres-7.4

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
version 7.4.19-0etch1.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), some of these problems have been

[SECURITY] [DSA 1416-1] New tk8.3 packages fix arbitrary code execution

It was discovered that Tk, a cross-platform graphical toolkit for Tcl
performs insufficient input validation in the code used to load GIF
images, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 8.3.5-6etch1.

Due to the technical limitation in the Debian archive scripts the update
for the old stable distribution (sarge) cannot be released in sync with
the update for the stable distribution. It will be provided in the next

[SECURITY] [DSA-1990-2] New trac-git package fixes regression

Debian-specific: yes
CVE Id(s)      : CVE-2010-0394
Debian Bug     : 567039

The trac-git package released in DSA-1990-1 had a wrong dependency that
could not be satisfied in Debian stable. This update corrects this
problem. For reference, the original advisory text is provided below.

Stefan Goebel discovered that the Debian version of trac-git, the Git
add-on for the Trac issue tracking system, contains a flaw which
enables attackers to execute code on the web server running trac-git

[SECURITY] [DSA-1969-1] New krb5 packages fix denial of service

network, is prone to integer underflow in the AES and RC4 decryption operations of
the crypto library. A remote attacker can cause crashes, heap corruption, or,
under extraordinarily unlikely conditions, arbitrary code execution.


For the old stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.4.4-7etch8.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-5lenny2.


[SECURITY] [DSA-1970-1] New openssl packages fix denial of service

related to the reinitialization of zlib. This could result in a remotely
exploitable denial of service vulnerability when using the Apache httpd
server in a configuration where mod_ssl, mod_php5, and the php5-curl
extension are loaded.

The old stable distribution (etch) is not affected by this issue.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.9.8g-15+lenny6.

The packages for the arm architecture are not included in this advisory.

[SECURITY] [DSA-1972-1] New audiofile packages fix buffer overflow

Max Kellermann discovered a heap-based buffer overflow in the handling
of ADPCM WAV files in libaudiofile. This flaw could result in a denial
of service (application crash) or possibly execution of arbitrary code
via a crafted WAV file.

The old stable distribution (etch), this problem will be fixed in
version 0.2.6-6+etch1.

The packages for the oldtable distribution are not included in this
advisory. An update will be released soon.


[SECURITY] [DSA-1972-2] New audiofile packages fix buffer overflow

Problem type   : local (remote)
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id         : CVE-2008-5824
Debian bug     : 510205

This advisory adds the packages for the old stable distribution (etch),
with the exception of the mips packages. The updates for the mips
architecture will be released when they become available.

The packages for the stable distribution (lenny) have been released
in DSA-1972-1. For reference, the advisory text is provided below.

[SECURITY] [DSA 1952-1] New asterisk packages fix several vulnerabilities

It was discovered that it is possible to perform a denial of service
attack via  RTP comfort noise payload with a long data length
(AST-2009-010).


For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in
version 1:1.4.21.2~dfsg-3+lenny1.

The security support for asterisk in the oldstable distribution (etch)
has been discontinued before the end of the regular Etch security
maintenance life cycle. You are strongly encouraged to upgrade to

[SECURITY] [DSA 1820-1] New xulrunner packages fix several vulnerabilities

to run with elevated privileges and thus potentially executing arbitrary
code with the object's chrome privileges. (MFSA 2009-32)



For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.9.0.11-0lenny1.

As indicated in the Etch release notes, security support for the
Mozilla products in the oldstable distribution needed to be stopped
before the end of the regular Etch security maintenance life cycle.

[SECURITY] [DSA-1953-2] New expat packages fix regression

The expat updates released in DSA-1953-1 caused a regression: In some
cases, expat would abort with the message "error in processing external
entity reference".

For the old stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.95.8-3.4+etch3.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0.1-4+lenny3.


[SECURITY] [DSA-1934-1] New apache2 packages fix several issues

CVE-2009-3095: Insufficient input validation in the mod_proxy_ftp
module allowed remote authenticated attackers to bypass intended access
restrictions and send arbitrary FTP commands to an FTP server.


For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.2.9-10+lenny6. This version also includes some non-security
bug fixes that were scheduled for inclusion in the next stable point
release (Debian 5.0.4).

The oldstable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in

[SECURITY] [DSA 1942-1] New wireshark packages fix several vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-3829

    An integer overflow was discovered in the ERF parser.

This update also includes fixes for three minor issues, which were
scheduled for the next stable point update. (CVE-2008-1829,
CVE-2009-2562, CVE-2009-3241). Also CVE-2009-1268 was fixed for Etch.
Since this security update was issued prior to the release of the
point update, the fixes were included.

For the old stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in

[SECURITY] [DSA 1900-1] New PostgreSQL packages fix various problems

CVE-2009-3229

Authenticated users can shut down the backend server by re-LOAD-ing
libraries in $libdir/plugins, if any libraries are present there.
(The old stable distribution (etch) is not affected by this issue.)

CVE-2009-3230

Authenticated non-superusers can gain database superuser privileges if
they can create functions and tables due to incorrect execution of

[SECURITY] [DSA 1921-1] New expat packages fix denial of service

Peter Valchev discovered an error in expat, an XML parsing C library,
when parsing certain UTF-8 sequences, which can be exploited to crash an
application using the library.

For the old stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.95.8-3.4+etch1.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0.1-4+lenny1.


[SECURITY] [DSA 1887-1] New rails packages fix cross-site scripting

Brian Mastenbrook discovered that rails, the MVC ruby based framework
geared for web application development, is prone to cross-site scripting
attacks via malformed strings in the form helper.


For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1.0-7.

For the oldstable distribution (etch) security support has been
discontinued. It has been reported that rails in oldstable is unusable
and several features that are affected by security issues are broken due

[SECURITY] [DSA 1888-1] New openssl packages deprecate MD2 hash signatures

CVE Id(s)      : CVE-2009-2409

Certificates with MD2 hash signatures are no longer accepted by OpenSSL,
since they're no longer considered cryptographically secure.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.9.8g-15+lenny5.

For the old stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.9.8c-4etch9 for openssl and version 0.9.7k-3.1etch5 for
openssl097.

[SECURITY] [DSA 1858-1] New imagemagick packages fix several vulnerabilities

        
   Multiple integer overflows in XInitImage function in xwd.c for
   ImageMagick, allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of
   service (crash) or obtain sensitive information via crafted images with
   large or negative values that trigger a buffer overflow. It only affects
   the oldstable distribution (etch).

CVE-2007-1797

   Multiple integer overflows allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary
   code via a crafted DCM image, or the colors or comments field in a 

[SECURITY] [DSA 1826-1] New eggdrop packages fix several vulnerabilities

It was discovered that eggdrop is vulnerable to a denial of service
attack, that allows remote attackers to cause a crash via a crafted
PRIVMSG.

For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.6.19-1.1+lenny1.

For the old stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.6.18-1etch2.


[SECURITY] [DSA 1830-1] New icedove packages fix several vulnerabilities

Bernd Jendrissek discovered a potentially exploitable crash when viewing
a multipart/alternative mail message with a text/enhanced part.
(MFSA 2009-33)


For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.0.0.22-0lenny1.

As indicated in the Etch release notes, security support for the
Mozilla products in the oldstable distribution needed to be stopped
before the end of the regular Etch security maintenance life cycle.

[SECURITY] [DSA 1840-1] New xulrunner packages fix several vulnerabilities

moz_bug_r_a4 discovered an issue in the JavaScript engine that could be
used to perform cross-site scripting attacks. (MFSA 2009-40)


For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.9.0.12-0lenny1.

As indicated in the Etch release notes, security support for the
Mozilla products in the oldstable distribution needed to be stopped
before the end of the regular Etch security maintenance life cycle.

[SECURITY] [DSA 1524-1] New krb5 packages fix multiple vulnerabilities

though we have no such exploit and are not aware of any such exploits in
use in the wild.  In versions of MIT Kerberos shipped by Debian, this
bug can only be triggered in configurations that allow large numbers of
open file descriptors in a process.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.4.4-7etch5.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), these problems have been fixed
in version krb5 1.3.6-2sarge6.


[SECURITY] [DSA 1506-2] New iceape packages fix regression

CVE-2008-0594

    Emil Ljungdahl and Lars-Olof Moilanen discovered that phishing
    protections could be bypassed with <div> elements.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.0.12~pre080131b-0etch2.

The Mozilla releases from the old stable distribution (sarge) are no
longer supported with security updates.


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