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Debian: DSA-2504-1 Moderate: Bcfg2 Security Vulnerability Notification

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Calendar Grey June 28, 2012
Scroller Debian
Enhance bcfg2 immediately to address potential vulnerabilities related to remote command execution in the configuration management framework of Debian.
It was discovered that malicious clients can trick the server component of the Bcfg2 configuration management system to execute commands with root privileges
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Summary

It was discovered that malicious clients can trick the server
component of the Bcfg2 configuration management system to execute
commands with root privileges.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0.1-3+squeeze2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2.2-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your bcfg2 packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: bcfg2
CVE ID: CVE-2012-3366

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