Debian: DSA 402-1 Critical Remote Command Execution In Minimalist

Package : minimalist
Vulnerability : unsanitised input
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2003-0902

A security-related problem has been discovered in minimalist, a
mailing list manager, which allows a remote attacker to execute
arbitrary commands.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.2-4.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.4-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your minimalist package.


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 resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody

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