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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2008.0378 -- [UNIX/Linux][Debian] New rsync packages fix arbitrary code execution 11 April 2008 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: rsync Publisher: Debian Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands Access: Remote/Unauthenticated CVE Names: CVE-2008-1720 Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1545 Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilties in products which run on platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators running rsync 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-1545-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff April 10, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : rsync Vulnerability : integer overflow Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-1720 Sebastian Krahmer discovered that an integer overflow in rsync's code for handling extended attributes may lead to arbitrary code execution. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.9-2etch2. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.2-1. We recommend that you upgrade your rsync 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 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 4.0 (stable) - - ------------------- Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc. Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch2.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 566 6504d35182ed2141c8d7d2f8152d5fb7 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 811841 996d8d8831dbca17910094e56dcb5942 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch2.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 51039 2131acc598dbbe26f9b6f04c0a0d3f2b alpha architecture (DEC Alpha) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch2_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 294664 ea644ca8d37211ccbc1f8173e934d45a amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch2_amd64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 272046 0d9e9576b24a245265f9a98d15ce3b0b hppa architecture (HP PA RISC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch2_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 282552 dd5e17e39eeaa712287d166e3346bd7d i386 architecture (Intel ia32) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch2_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 261454 b68ddd05ba2a02f7a5f6bd9cc7807a2e ia64 architecture (Intel ia64) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch2_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 356986 df80d4332478c019d540b07ac16c235f mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch2_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 286532 21aeda2221c4b31c2f19296b58654222 mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch2_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 287282 0c750c3cf7089ad7e7ea3d9d273df9b9 powerpc architecture (PowerPC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch2_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 275184 6d81a7a14422fd5bc7c89bd755320e80 s390 architecture (IBM S/390) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch2_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 278828 5300915466913e7832a3649ba701d49e sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch2_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 264144 885fc97a390e1db66290805c06e35947 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 v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH/oIzXm3vHE4uyloRAimYAKDryWbCXe0GE9mHkeW+hdU/TdRWnQCfecqE S38dhGyIWptW5OR8k2FHBwo= =IeYW - -----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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