Debian: DSA-1949-1: New php-net-ping packages fix arbitrary code execution
Debian: DSA-1949-1: New php-net-ping packages fix arbitrary code execution
It was discovered that php-net-ping, a PHP PEAR module to execute ping independently of the Operating System, performs insufficient input sanitising, which might be used to inject arguments (no CVE yet) or execute arbitrary commands (CVE-2009-4024) on a system that uses
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1949-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Raphael Geissert December 12, 2009 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : php-net-ping Vulnerability : programming error Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE Id : CVE-2009-4024 It was discovered that php-net-ping, a PHP PEAR module to execute ping independently of the Operating System, performs insufficient input sanitising, which might be used to inject arguments (no CVE yet) or execute arbitrary commands (CVE-2009-4024) on a system that uses php-net-ping. For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.2-1+lenny1. For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.2-1+etch1. For the testing distribution (squeeze), this problem will be fixed soon. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.2-1.1. We recommend that you upgrade your php-net-ping 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/p/php-net-ping/php-net-ping_2.4.2-1+etch1.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 3270 b53c3677d3d7d44c472cd395d710748d https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php-net-ping/php-net-ping_2.4.2.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 9309 5bfd8d695c35d30d353b51134ad8ca35 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php-net-ping/php-net-ping_2.4.2-1+etch1.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 607 e7e1d01e802bc6108c1faea148f3e25a Architecture independent packages: https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php-net-ping/php-net-ping_2.4.2-1+etch1_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 13924 4ef13559e1412c0811c33f36ddaa6f23 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/p/php-net-ping/php-net-ping_2.4.2.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 9309 5bfd8d695c35d30d353b51134ad8ca35 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php-net-ping/php-net-ping_2.4.2-1+lenny1.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 1015 9c912fc0bbfcd10c8ab71f52f320ba48 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php-net-ping/php-net-ping_2.4.2-1+lenny1.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 3269 0097b6d5920a4cf32439cd9bf6e95bac Architecture independent packages: https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php-net-ping/php-net-ping_2.4.2-1+lenny1_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 13920 d0492ed51494045583f0fb99fc75d753 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. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Package info: `apt-cache show' and https://packages.debian.org/