Debian: DSA-1718-1 Critical: Fix for BOINC Remote Exploit

It was discovered that the core client for the BOINC distributed
computing infrastructure performs incorrect validation of the return
values of OpenSSL's RSA functions.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.4.11-4+etch1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been
fixed in version 6.2.14-3.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 6.2.14-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your boinc packages.

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

Stable updates are available for amd64, arm,...