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Wilfried Goesgens discovered that WebCit, the web-based user interface for the Citadel groupware system, contains a format string vulnerability in the mini_calendar component, possibly allowing arbitrary code execution (CVE-2009-0364). . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1752-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Florian Weimer March 23, 2009 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : webcit Vulnerability : format string vulnerability Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2009-0364 Wilfried Goesgens discovered that WebCit, the web-based user interface for the Citadel groupware system, contains a format string vulnerability in the mini_calendar component, possibly allowing arbitrary code execution (CVE-2009-0364). For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 7.37-dfsg-7. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 7.38b-dfsg-2. We recommend that you upgrade your webcit packages. 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 - -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 1192317 e3e47149a6553e43694e826f4885ba46 Size/MD5 checksum: 18735 f30f31bff85ef9cc40aba5bf5f3c1278 Size/MD5 checksum: 1253 f2b409fdfbde0c38af85070180a4321f alpha architecture (DECAlpha) Size/MD5 checksum: 547908 84e6dfa88008d2c51070803d0af04148 amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64)) Size/MD5 checksum: 509426 4e9e9b518be1a1e87cd08d0def32f612 arm architecture (ARM) Size/MD5 checksum: 505092 a3027a329b7a17166eddafe66eff5fde armel architecture (ARM EABI) Size/MD5 checksum: 504990 d6df9145a39f0be111667d14528a0a52 hppa architecture (HP PA RISC) Size/MD5 checksum: 527860 f46e26bac6a926b6b7a28f9f7557077b i386 architecture (Intel ia32) Size/MD5 checksum: 496954 43aac6120f334b606edddd9f9a182b44 ia64 architecture (Intel ia64) Size/MD5 checksum: 605578 2231aac4aaa8ef730485ea8d40c5019b mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian)) Size/MD5 checksum: 512552 cc2904da25b4ec9e70d56b63d50e57aa mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian)) Size/MD5 checksum: 511294 e0e4de0530cb84f0472765fb2bd6b62f powerpc architecture (PowerPC) Size/MD5 checksum: 522134 a8b1970f336c836884eddb62c614f436 s390 architecture (IBM S/390) Size/MD5 checksum: 505406 621a33e619037bd739bf45451ef589eb sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC) Size/MD5 checksum: 507950 1d22cf3b4f1faf910d031acb6504bfae 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 webcit libraries to rectify formatting string vulnerabilities that could enable remote code execution in Debian environments.. WebCit Security, Debian Update, Format String Flaw, Code Execution. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 23, 2009
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