Debian: DSA-2042-1 Critical: iscsitarget Remote Code Execution

Florent Daigniere discovered multiple format string vulnerabilities in Linux
SCSI target framework (which is known as iscsitarget under Debian) allow remote
attackers to cause a denial of service in the ietd daemon. The flaw could be
trigger by sending a carefully-crafted Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS)
request.


For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.4.16+svn162-3.1+lenny1.

For the testing distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.4.17+svn229-1.4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.4.17+svn229-1.4.


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 resourc...