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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2006.0921 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux][Debian] New sql-ledger packages fix arbitrary code execution 18 December 2006 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: sql-ledger Publisher: Debian Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Windows Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands Inappropriate Access Access: Remote/Unauthenticated CVE Names: CVE-2006-5872 CVE-2006-4731 CVE-2006-4244 Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1239 Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators running SQL-Ledger check for an updated version of the software for their operating system, available from: http://www.sql-ledger.org/cgi-bin/nav.pl?page=source/index.html&title=Download - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 1239-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff December 17th, 2006 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : sql-ledger Vulnerability : several Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2006-4244 CVE-2006-4731 CVE-2006-5872 Debian Bug : 386519 Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in SQL Ledger, a web based double-entry accounting program, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2006-4244 Chris Travers discovered that the session management can be tricked into hijacking existing sessions. CVE-2006-4731 Chris Travers discovered that directory traversal vulnerabilities can be exploited to execute arbitrary Perl code. CVE-2006-5872 It was discovered that missing input sanitising allows execution of arbitrary Perl code. For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 2.4.7-2sarge1. For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 2.6.21-1. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 2.6.21-1. We recommend that you upgrade your sql-ledger 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 3.1 alias sarge - - -------------------------------- Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sql-ledger/sql-ledger_2.4.7-2sarge1.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 655 0392c058e58df7deca105cddb2b40ca5 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sql-ledger/sql-ledger_2.4.7-2sarge1.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 18423 45d1d70cfa3c385bf74b38bcccbe584c http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sql-ledger/sql-ledger_2.4.7.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 1695610 04c9ffe49045cad569c5a368d7ebaa76 Architecture independent components: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sql-ledger/sql-ledger_2.4.7-2sarge1_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1796848 9cd9a4cf9057efc57384fe952bf4751f 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 v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFhWA2Xm3vHE4uyloRAt83AKDJuWn50PHVlHM1WC/yM6+zQChv5QCeLXiS vBljQqpvtbNrN4FJMnQjvak= =Z3Eb - -----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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