Debian: DSA-1945-1: New gforge packages fix denial of service

Date 03 Dec 2009

Category Debian Linux Distribution - Security Advisories

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Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories

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.


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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
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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
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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
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Debian (oldstable)
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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
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Debian (stable)
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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.

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