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Debian 4.0r1 DSA 1343-2 Critical: File Package Update For Code Issue

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Calendar Grey September 26, 2007
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The Debian 4.0r1 release contains a file package with the same version number as the last security update (4.17-5etch2), potentially overriding it
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Summary


For the unstable distribution (sid), the security vulnerability has been
fixed in version 4.21-1.

The old stable distribution (sarge) is not affected by the security
vulnerability.

We recommend that you upgrade your file (4.17-5etch3) package.

Upgrade instructions
- --------------------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 4.0 alias etch

Size/MD5 checksum: 24748 0dac689b70eabaaeaaa87be7fe055068
Size/MD5 checksum: 556270 50919c65e0181423d66bb25d7fe7b0fd
Size/MD5 checksum: 985 80a0f59cca15f9b1862e6244479e52a9

alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

Size/MD5 checksum: ...

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