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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2006.0921 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux][Debian]
New sql-ledger packages fix arbitrary code execution
18 December 2006
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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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
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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
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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
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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 3.1 alias sarge
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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.
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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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