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Debian: DSA-3297-1 Urgent Notice on Package Authentication Issue

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Calendar Grey June 29, 2015
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The Debian Security Advisory DSA-3298-1 regarding apt includes vulnerabilities impacting secure foreground downloads.
It was discovered that unattended-upgrades, a script for automatic installation of security upgrades, did not properly authenticate downloaded packages when the force-confold or fo...

Summary

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 0.79.5+wheezy2.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.83.3.2+deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed shortly.

We recommend that you upgrade your unattended-upgrades 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: unattended-upgrades
CVE ID: CVE-2015-1330

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