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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2007.0893 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux][Debian]
New gallery2 packages fix privilege escalation
9 November 2007
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: gallery2
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Windows
Impact: Inappropriate Access
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CVE-2007-4650
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1404
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running gallery2 check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1404-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Thijs Kinkhorst
November 8th, 2007 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : gallery2
Vulnerability : programming error
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2007-4650
Nicklous Roberts discovered that the Reupload module of Gallery 2, a web
based photo management application, allowed unauthorized users to edit
Gallery's data file.
The oldstable distribution (sarge) does not contain a gallery2 package.
The previous gallery package is not affected by this vulnerability.
For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1.2-2.0.etch.1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.2.3-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your gallery2 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/g/gallery2/gallery2_2.1.2-2.0.etch.1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 884 1292cd38f037d14233c50c82f2656559
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gallery2/gallery2_2.1.2-2.0.etch.1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 17103 96a6d2095129554de20e23203ff07cfa
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gallery2/gallery2_2.1.2.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 9506000 0603fedf38581e11c27a78d451f2730f
Architecture independent components:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gallery2/gallery2_2.1.2-2.0.etch.1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 9623730 6292925bcfc5b35ef7c7493b0869019d
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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