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It was discovered that smbind, a PHP-based tool for managing DNS zones for BIND, does not properly validating input. An unauthenticated remote attacker could execute arbitrary SQL commands or gain access to the admin account. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-2103-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Giuseppe Iuculano September 05, 2010 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : smbind Vulnerability : sql injection Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : none assigned yet It was discovered that smbind, a PHP-based tool for managing DNS zones for BIND, does not properly validating input. An unauthenticated remote attacker could execute arbitrary SQL commands or gain access to the admin account. For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.7-3+lenny1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.7-5, and will migrate to the testing distribution (squeeze) shortly. We recommend that you upgrade your smbind (0.4.7-3+lenny1) 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 5.0 alias lenny - -------------------------------- Debian (stable) - --------------- Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc. Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 90623 8474d376798773e3fac85564cf6b57cb Size/MD5 checksum: 12752 d19eaec93f7aec12b7a776d5056ad650 Size/MD5 checksum: 1038 49648258f7ca6f057e8f4ae156f250fb Architecture independent packages: Size/MD5 checksum: 94656 25b628ff527d505824d139d5e8d10259 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 . Critical vulnerability in smbind library identified, detailed in Debian security announcement DSA-2103-1, users should upgrade promptly.. smbind, SQL Injection, Debian Upgrade, PHP Security. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 05, 2010
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