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Debian Wheezy: DSA-3134-1 Critical: Sympa File Exposure Threat

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Calendar Grey January 20, 2015
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A vulnerability in Debian's sympa exposes sensitive files to hackers. Immediate updates are essential to protect your systems!
A vulnerability has been discovered in the web interface of sympa, a mailing list manager
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Summary

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 6.1.11~dfsg-5+deb7u2.

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

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 6.1.23~dfsg-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your sympa 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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