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Debian 3.1: DSA 1269-1 Critical: Lookup-El Symlink Attack Fix

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Calendar Grey March 18, 2007
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Updated package.

Summary


For the testing distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.4-5.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.4-5.

We recommend that you upgrade your lookup-el 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 at the end of this advisory:

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 3.1 alias sarge

Size/MD5 checksum: 585 2daf45b112f1b688658faf610308962e
Size/MD5 checksum: 7115 f27e58e4ea0df6b08e808624a8fcb4e2
Size/MD5 checksum: 349751 05d12aa8921969b449a6f2a47bb00247

Architecture independent components:

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