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Debian 3.0: DSA-725-1 Critical: PPXP Local Privilege Escalation Fix

Updated package.. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 725-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze May 19th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package : ppxp Vulnerability : missing privilege release Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-0392 Jens Steube discovered that ppxp, yet another PPP program, does not release root privileges when opening potentially user supplied log files. This can be tricked into opening a root shell. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.2001080415-6woody1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.2001080415-11. We recommend that you upgrade your ppxp 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: 706 964d29fc5c29b87e0aa86d4166dcdfa5 Size/MD5 checksum: 8253 3595338ba6d14102c827fecd776d4c11 Size/MD5 checksum: 426444 35dc6007ee4eafa9685f5e1e695a1464 Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 264352 d4bd9bced5e4dc7fa17196a310b5e557 Size/MD5 checksum: 57274 a4313923dbd89b22e9698d654b091a2c Size/MD5 checksum: 61554 1a1c1ce48b78c56fc30ac934d3d03415 Size/MD5 checksum: 71538 5d5114a8c44791daabc9a83c68137bc9 ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 221798 6152fd047000bb95d4a190bb6379b0b3 Size/MD5 checksum: 48290 5f6df1deda8f29283e205fae5766a899 Size/MD5 checksum: 57450 df72503ab14df19a597892c56e3932d5 Size/MD5 checksum: 60872 27899fde9424dfac635db9769c004433 Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 213140 89cb35820dd2f6d249acece5dbfd0fd9 Size/MD5 checksum: 46656 bb3d151b9171d4ee00399cebf58c16b7 Size/MD5 checksum: 56492 20bd9052ec7241fa8affa417c8ebe8ce Size/MD5 checksum: 58488 90e34feabbd50fc3624986d0fbaea456 Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 301726 d5e978bc304639a6433469dddb2331a3 Size/MD5 checksum: 56466 91ce31c7568cc0a90ff2db609a1c0df4 Size/MD5 checksum: 66850 c719a6205191021e3e1666f089366c56 Size/MD5 checksum: 82930 91f5054797b5e06aa93fc6979f84aec1 HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 241370 b3dd820d17dcbebf08c0db6832ee2794 Size/MD5 checksum: 52530 7ea0bb8a124915b23557462d84111fb0 Size/MD5 checksum: 61200 440bf784087e2caeef6180fb68168962 Size/MD5 checksum: 69298 3d444541b6f4638e1c08fc28bef20b75 Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 209544 f0367ccf232b1db80c9d9019700d3cd1 Size/MD5 checksum: 47256 6c87bf5d43d195219abb26a086cb55da Size/MD5 checksum: 57572 5d4d73daad751f83543f142463ee2b81 Size/MD5 checksum: 58838 70b368a6e2c88a2e6f8897f2af6bc746 Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 242930 f1cdc78af11a5525234b5cb729711f85 Size/MD5 checksum: 52216 3c9bdb59cf4e363c7eafe55ad4c98c6d Size/MD5 checksum: 58002 fad1852775b1ffe31378041d61aa0540 Size/MD5 checksum: 70490 b44d619f785d86a687dfc7e02fcbd17b Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 2432543023af6b39db97c963f1d42136abddce Size/MD5 checksum: 51134 ba2df4e6d00acfd4e34ed65a4b728539 Size/MD5 checksum: 57786 e5ee8bbbc654f5410737a5a25d4109f3 Size/MD5 checksum: 68876 6a84fc7283634162786adc8f10a4c4f1 PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 226996 fefaf9555d2bc59600bd3cba6df65e7c Size/MD5 checksum: 50698 fa76f73bd51db1f27a95cf58aefb2899 Size/MD5 checksum: 58712 62ca9d4cb838da262a83285de145d620 Size/MD5 checksum: 63314 b51dcdc8bc0f6e6627819aa4ea91ffb3 IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 223394 8fa85098c05da6035908cf3c00e371d8 Size/MD5 checksum: 48576 6f01949fb43e199475683be2c3f003e9 Size/MD5 checksum: 58740 8f9d6017ab0e0dcd110fe7e3a9a1f5b1 Size/MD5 checksum: 64706 d6a5b703a46e920e98b3bbff4f1a5d87 Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 228070 78c09baee8c1fcf19812cb5901a2e6b0 Size/MD5 checksum: 49538 b113918f1a2aadfb2d3003d36d3ab825 Size/MD5 checksum: 60172 b113214d78c36c80ff6ead9b1c6fdc86 Size/MD5 checksum: 66830 ffb39d3d4daa3e6c9a0b1ff0ab5af9a8 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. . Upgrade to the latest ppxp version resolves significant local vulnerability. Ensure your system remains protected with cutting-edge Debian security protocols.. Debian Security, ppxp Update, Local Exploit Fix. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

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Debian Woody DSA 700-1 Critical: Mailreader Cross-Site Scripting Fix

Updated package.. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 700-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze March 30th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package : mailreader Vulnerability : missing input sanitising Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-0386 Ulf Härnhammar from the Debian Security Audit Project discovered a cross-site scripting problem in mailreader, a simple, but powerful WWW mail reader system, when displaying messages of the MIME types text/enriched or text/richtext. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.29-5woody2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.29-11. We recommend that you upgrade your mailreader 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: 623 42f2edc38e5e563013f08deb401daed2 Size/MD5 checksum: 40004 7c68b982f9c7e45504411805d622d4e1 Size/MD5 checksum: 307934 8e2687227ac737f244994e19ca3ba575 Architecture independent components: Size/MD5 checksum: 352696 32dfa7f100f7716b0b47b85b60c5c3d8 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. . Update mailreader to address the cross-site scripting vulnerability highlighted in Debian Security Advisory DSA 700-1.. Debian Packages, Mailreader Update, Cross-Site Scripting Fix. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

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