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Ubuntu: USN-1234-1 Severe: Remote Code Execution in Bugzilla

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Calendar Grey August 5, 2014
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Serious vulnerability found in Debian's reportbug tool. Users urged to update immediately to mitigate risks.
Jakub Wilk discovered a remote command execution flaw in reportbug, a tool to report bugs in the Debian distribution
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Summary

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 6.4.4+deb7u1.

For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem will be fixed soon.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 6.5.0+nmu1.

We recommend that you upgrade your reportbug packages.

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



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Package: reportbug
CVE ID: CVE-2014-0479

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security advisory update remote code execution debian security fix man-in-the-middle reportbug

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