Debian 4.0 DSA-1709-1 Critical: Shadow Privilege Escalation Risk

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.0.18.1-7+etch1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.1.1-6.

We recommend that you upgrade your shadow package.

Upgrade instructions
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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:

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alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

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