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It was discovered that ajaxterm, a web-based terminal, generates weak and predictable session IDs, which might be used to hijack a session or cause a denial of service attack on a system that uses ajaxterm. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1994-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Raphael Geissert February 11, 2010 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : ajaxterm Vulnerability : weak session IDs Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2009-1629 It was discovered that ajaxterm, a web-based terminal, generates weak and predictable session IDs, which might be used to hijack a session or cause a denial of service attack on a system that uses ajaxterm. For the oldstable distribution (etch), the problem has been fixed in version 0.9-2+etch1. For the stable distribution (lenny), the problem has been fixed in version 0.10-2+lenny1. For the unstable distribution (sid), the problem has been fixed in version 0.10-5. We recommend that you upgrade your ajaxterm 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 - ------------------------------- Oldstable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc. Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 690 4e0e8803297516dd65e13e10836b7700 Size/MD5 checksum: 6479 30e20eb2a1a452f9e2711619d3386155 Size/MD5 checksum: 33751 9e48eae37beb62df3f91460b7fe352e0 Architecture independent packages: Size/MD5 checksum: 40490 4c63417d3dfe2aa14c115042c10cdb97 Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 alias lenny - -------------------------------- Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc. Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 8309 63860e0b5b279d0fe92012abef36628e Size/MD5 checksum: 34372 b10830a7a81d2a4c9f8815510dafb87a Size/MD5 checksum: 1275 dac2c51d75700af66248358265c77897 Architecture independent packages: Size/MD5 checksum: 41606 287e8220fce3fc0b673ed6f392094b71 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb https://www.debian.org/security/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Package info: `apt-cache show ' and https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages . Enhance application protection by resolving vulnerable session identifiers in ajaxterm. An update is advised for reliable functionality.. ajaxterm security, session hijacking fix, Debian updates, web-based terminal security, remote access vulnerabilities. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 11, 2010
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