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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2006.0672 -- [UNIX/Linux][Debian]
New usermin packages fix denial of service
18 September 2006
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: usermin
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact: Denial of Service
Access: Existing Account
CVE Names: CVE-2006-4246
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1177
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1177-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
September 15th, 2006 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : usermin
Vulnerability : programming error
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2006-4246
CERT advisory :
BugTraq ID :
Debian Bug : 374609
Hendrik Weimer discovered that it is possible for a normal user to
disable the login shell of the root account via usermin, a web-based
administration tool.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.110-3.1.
In the upstream distribution this problem is fixed in version 1.220.
We recommend that you upgrade your usermin 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 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
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin_1.110-3.1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 1079 1b5ab754b82a6ff0abc0d2fc125c920a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin_1.110-3.1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 20131 d1582cca3bbe1a376cb16591b550a241
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin_1.110.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 1791868 cf214bb9927bd230a148ea3077bd8919
Architecture independent components:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin-at_1.110-3.1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 21654 7709317a8e5182ed0f9f76b942cc608a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin-changepass_1.110-3.1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 18924 cbaad0cc1daf80efbdb6eacc20829e99
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin-chfn_1.110-3.1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 13858 72ae504bded25ed8b8ecfe3cb6708168
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin-commands_1.110-3.1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 27728 4b80b6d368265d43139f2a7a800a9a0b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin-cron_1.110-3.1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 62618 864bfdf0f00b1d0585c20aa7d02ee504
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin-cshrc_1.110-3.1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 8930 4247520dc9a76a9957c08b4777e8ace9
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin-fetchmail_1.110-3.1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 36392 b2bbc376806f1a95d812bfb8da0e8106
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin-forward_1.110-3.1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 28648 011e7762a8c9fd8fb6b111b0a2e99807
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin-gnupg_1.110-3.1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 32508 cb67585370a7b1926d288abab8a19f9a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin-htaccess_1.110-3.1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 276924 a70ac23b2e452687690098dc5e668c6c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin-htpasswd_1.110-3.1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 20516 878b90afd7460d3123f9f0edc61fbd30
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin-mailbox_1.110-3.1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 174834 c9ca85c93dfe181bef26bb2048ad0f3d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin-man_1.110-3.1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 36290 74f1413927a5ea8869b2690f6385b5ef
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin-mysql_1.110-3.1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 148702 2cf835a9bcf9218cf896081329441a83
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin-plan_1.110-3.1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 10648 083c5307a16e0caa709b8b717862b7c6
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin-postgresql_1.110-3.1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 121962 7c006c458d54d851e0515c55df176e97
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin-proc_1.110-3.1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 77788 ca0c4b1ec4f1c5267135a2fc136c602a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin-procmail_1.110-3.1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 26816 cc7649ba038e6101e9b687949e8ba6b4
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin-quota_1.110-3.1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 52766 1cb1548d3545928281fdaab654b6e4e7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin-schedule_1.110-3.1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 6216 fc2c7d9556acf545033a1c987d3a4e46
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin-shell_1.110-3.1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 61828 d1777002638418dbc5de7750bd7b1e8d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin-spamassassin_1.110-3.1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 88912 2769e14cbe77a723a97724e6cba0ad6a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin-ssh_1.110-3.1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 47916 752fc28d2fa8fe7e113ba45dc024ee99
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin-tunnel_1.110-3.1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 12040 f40d0a44902f808d23af4d9f0a71f953
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin-updown_1.110-3.1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 24304 b0f335885164e18c784de10e44af4f60
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin-usermount_1.110-3.1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 91100 5328bf55d1a4faed368123461ac5274c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/usermin/usermin_1.110-3.1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 491116 ff5204df55e4761057a487e9125c743f
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 <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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