security advisoryremote exploitpackage upgrade
We have received reports that the version of mirror as distributed in Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 could be remotely exploited. When mirroring a remote site the remote site could use filename-constructions like " .." that would case mirror to work one level above the target directory for the mirrored files. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Wichert Akkerman October 18, 1999 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We have received reports that the version of mirror as distributed in Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 could be remotely exploited. When mirroring a remote site the remote site could use filename-constructions like " .." that would case mirror to work one level above the target directory for the mirrored files. This has been fixed in mirror version 2.9-2.1 . We recommend you upgrade your mirror package immediately. wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 alias slink - -------------------------------- This version of Debian was released only for Intel, the Motorola 680x0, the alpha and the Sun sparc architecture. Source archives: 2.1.diff.gz MD5 checksum: 2340c6a18b8b69c5122ef78e50663824 2.1.dsc MD5 checksum: 2890c6ed6c60e97299c7fcd3a56b5b36 . gz MD5 checksum: 49ebf2fc732322aff2a8297f89bb9df3 Architecture indendent archives: all/mirror_2.9-2.1_all.deb MD5 checksum: d10e76994611915ba79aeee838fada7c - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb Debian -- Security Information stable updates For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset:noconv iQB1AwUBOApvGKjZR/ntlUftAQHFUAL+JRZXhVg1azFtZ6NgQQcVKok334nO7IIV Eqc6oQAAr3AcwUKF5gDOWEz5CExaVEncZPX4EJ5q1HVRwisCVupNG6lBcBJpN3s2 PTqVU1A6Z0LRRZONRg5E2ou1B0ttaUO4 =eBo8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- - ---------------------------------------------------------------. received, reports, version, mirror, distributed, debian, gnu/linux. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 13, 1999
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