- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1945-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Steffen Joeris December 03, 2009 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : gforge Vulnerability : symlink attack Problem type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2009-3304 Sylvain Beucler discovered that gforge, a collaborative development tool, is prone to a symlink attack, which allows local users to perform a denial of service attack by overwriting arbitrary files. For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 4.7~rc2-7lenny3. The oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 4.5.14-22etch13. For the testing distribution (squeeze), this problem will be fixed soon. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 4.8.2-1. We recommend that you upgrade your gforge packages. 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 - ------------------------------- Debian (oldstable) - ------------------ Oldstable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc. Source archives: https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_4.5.14-22etch13.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 953 a170b517b1d68ca0ad53a1b8b03c3317 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_4.5.14.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 2161141 e85f82eff84ee073f80a2a52dd32c8a5 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_4.5.14-22etch13.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 204328 33081d2f6a0056b31091360db3002a9f Architecture independent packages: https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-shell-ldap_4.5.14-22etch13_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 86628 c6b62116a819fa9033335acae8df867d https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-common_4.5.14-22etch13_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1012268 78dfb2931853c3f89d233cc9510199f2 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-db-postgresql_4.5.14-22etch13_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 212786 1bc973b449b07020fbef4519fc8e074e https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-web-apache_4.5.14-22etch13_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 705446 286aba34673375cb8763765fd241d791 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-ftp-proftpd_4.5.14-22etch13_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 86344 394f14f010e9de88145cc3251e7e8982 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_4.5.14-22etch13_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 80562 52133da4596347d8c05e37643a959435 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-mta-postfix_4.5.14-22etch13_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 88808 72ad3b9f7d9d1f8732551a99b5e74471 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-mta-courier_4.5.14-22etch13_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 76368 c7ba219bac6560994c07dfb639801c99 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-mta-exim4_4.5.14-22etch13_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 89414 095ca81a4671193cd5d822e967d36684 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-shell-postgresql_4.5.14-22etch13_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 87434 8d960c7671eac2a480a43cd948a98d7d https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-mta-exim_4.5.14-22etch13_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 88904 8d3692ecc555ca40558d50333bf543a9 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-lists-mailman_4.5.14-22etch13_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 82386 3bc6d055f6eb74edfd23ca8dbfb8fa3e https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-ldap-openldap_4.5.14-22etch13_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 95738 beee5393efe02def8071a78a3707244c https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-dns-bind9_4.5.14-22etch13_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 104062 a70e01f8055201519b14718555023abb Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 alias lenny - -------------------------------- Debian (stable) - --------------- Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc. Source archives: https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_4.7~rc2-7lenny3.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 106204 cd0b909a3d31bc9a0649a6f16bd54478 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_4.7~rc2-7lenny3.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 1487 24e0ca65d2b17abd34328dd21994dd9a https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_4.7~rc2.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 10225404 bd24808ce79363d4c7c529778f6f5324 Architecture independent packages: https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-plugin-mediawiki_4.7~rc2-7lenny3_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 213590 e252b1c97bda1c020e89c30e5faacac8 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-dns-bind9_4.7~rc2-7lenny3_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 106960 acdbec4148e84ccfaf6993cbbddf9dd2 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-mta-courier_4.7~rc2-7lenny3_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 88822 cbc85f52ffca569001a0bb7b0ec8d3dc https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-shell-postgresql_4.7~rc2-7lenny3_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 95136 452be3de57f17866b0de3d3f19c0072f https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-common_4.7~rc2-7lenny3_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1112248 25679e24ad18e5a910a8d43808ebac13 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-db-postgresql_4.7~rc2-7lenny3_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 231056 3523089618564cec5703a4f8bf8eaa6e https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-mta-postfix_4.7~rc2-7lenny3_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 101588 30efdc5330cf09bf91afb2fe12c58db3 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-mta-exim4_4.7~rc2-7lenny3_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 100824 8dcc63a9768d2dd192566dccf3c07a9e https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-web-apache_4.7~rc2-7lenny3_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 88550 b62b84da2aff9e56860667ce193f3351 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-plugin-scmsvn_4.7~rc2-7lenny3_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 122072 bdd9b60445fdf1e1af9a943d9250af7b https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-web-apache2_4.7~rc2-7lenny3_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1397376 6bd8964fea18f429267972ee471d8d06 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_4.7~rc2-7lenny3_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 92884 9c1029863905773f982f524d5394b934 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-lists-mailman_4.7~rc2-7lenny3_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 94654 dfb3d71e7ebdee27ec7bcf8a536477c4 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-ftp-proftpd_4.7~rc2-7lenny3_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 97388 aee4295339ef21d98e8f067ab6625aea https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-plugin-scmcvs_4.7~rc2-7lenny3_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 129550 65f1fd24bda024f8ff2e4d87ca68c605 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb https://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. 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Debian: DSA-1945-1: New gforge packages fix denial of service
Sylvain Beucler discovered that gforge, a collaborative development tool, is prone to a symlink attack, which allows local users to perform a denial of service attack by overwriting arbitrary files.
