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

A security-related problem has been discovered in minimalist, amailing list manager, which allows a remote attacker to executearbitrary commands.. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 402-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Martin Schulze November 17th, 2003 Debian -- Debian security FAQ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - -------------------- 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 - -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 867 c068640f2b93412e07368555a63d9b14 Size/MD5 checksum: 2583 2779834a5def11d42c31843cf50f7d4e Size/MD5 checksum: 18135 cda434d02c6a8bd5ed7220af71613d40 Architecture independent components: Size/MD5 checksum: 25608 e4b9822b1af1cf3e3d4f3dc353dd012d These files will probably be moved into the stable distributionon its next revision. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb Debian -- Security Information 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/uIXlW5ql+IAeqTIRAns4AJ9/sHNmRhNvP9RrWQos3JX9YOPACgCcCMCS NJfyBXT8kkNuqqjQ3kT1VUw=3/UQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- . A critical security flaw in the Debian lightweight package could allow unauthenticated remote command execution; users are urged to update without delay.. Debian Security Advisory, Minimalist Package, Remote Command Execution, Security Update. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Nov 17, 2003 •Critical Debian