Debian DSA-1979-1 Critical: Lintian Local Flaws and Command Execution

CVE-2009-4013: missing control files sanitation

Control field names and values were not sanitised before using them
in certain operations that could lead to directory traversals.

Patch systems' control files were not sanitised before using them
in certain operations that could lead to directory traversals.

An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to overwrite
arbitrary files or disclose system information.

CVE-2009-4014: format string vulnerabilities

Multiple check scripts and the Lintian::Schedule module were using
user-provided input as part of the sprintf/printf format string.

CVE-2009-4015: arbitrary command execution

File names were not properly escaped when passing them as arguments
to certain commands, allowing the execution of other commands as
pipes or as a set of shell commands.


For the oldstable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.23.28+etch1.

For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixe...