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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2006.0404 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux][Debian] New webcalendar packages fix arbitrary code execution 13 June 2006 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: webcalendar Publisher: Debian Operating System: Windows UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands Access: Remote/Unauthenticated CVE Names: CVE-2006-2762 Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1096 Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators running WebCalendar check for an updated version of the software for their operating system. - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 1096-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze June 13th, 2006 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : webcalendar Vulnerability : uninitialised variable Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2006-2762 A vulnerability has been discovered in webcalendar, a PHP-based multi-user calendar, that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary PHP code when register_globals is turned on. The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain a webcalendar package. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.45-4sarge5. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.4-1 We recommend that you upgrade your webcalendar 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 at the end of this advisory: 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 3.1 alias sarge - - -------------------------------- Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webcalendar/webcalendar_0.9.45-4sarge5.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 608 216c1f9f764169fa877f1717f37dd73a http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webcalendar/webcalendar_0.9.45-4sarge5.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 12569 3a996902a10791fe764548728885d812 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webcalendar/webcalendar_0.9.45.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 612360 a6a66dc54cd293429b604fe6da7633a6 Architecture independent components: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/webcalendar/webcalendar_0.9.45-4sarge5_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 629442 f918fe96d26d5cbfa99efe2b2e938d2f These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg> - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEjk90W5ql+IAeqTIRArYKAKCJic+8h2YdllXcH8xtJPmj2xMyGwCglQXg owYhn8S6C9P4sO5vbiIh2/w= =Y3y5 - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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