DSA 1465-1: New apt-listchanges packages fix arbitrary code execution

Posted by Bob on: 01/17/2008 03:55 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

The Debian Security Team published a new security update for Debian GNU/Linux. Here the announcement:

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1465-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Steve Kemp
January 17, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : apt-listchanges
Vulnerability : programming erorr
Problem type : local
Debian-specific: yes
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-0302

Felipe Sateler discovered that apt-listchanges, a package change history
notification tool, used unsafe paths when importing its python libraries.
This could allow the execution of arbitary shell commands if the root user
executed the command in a directory which other local users may write
to.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version
2.72.5etch1.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem was not present.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version
2.82.

We recommend that you upgrade your apt-listchanges package.

Upgrade instructions
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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 4.0 alias etch
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Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apt-listchanges/apt-listchanges_2.72.5etch1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 665 6dbbc030dc907a2358874c07a157f27d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apt-listchanges/apt-listchanges_2.72.5etch1.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 82788 e38490ef0a5515aae72011c95270dd92

Architecture independent packages:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apt-listchanges/apt-listchanges_2.72.5etch1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 65254 b452757a483df5f805e7ee7b6f112b71

These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.

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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show lt;pkggt;' and http://packages.debian.org/lt;pkggt;
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