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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2008.1032 -- [UNIX/Linux][Debian] New ekg packages fix denial of service 11 November 2008 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: ekg Publisher: Debian Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Impact: Denial of Service Access: Remote/Unauthenticated CVE Names: CVE-2008-4776 Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1664 Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators running ekg 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-1664-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff November 10, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : ekg Vulnerability : missing input sanitising Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2008-4776 It was discovered that ekg, a console Gadu Gadu client performs insufficient input sanitising in the code to parse contact descriptions, which may result in denial of service. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.7~rc2-1etch2. For the unstable distribution (sid) and the upcoming stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.8~rc1-2 of libgadu. We recommend that you upgrade your ekg 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 GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch - - ------------------------------- 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/e/ekg/ekg_1.7~rc2-1etch2.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 37320 1c357cd857b7ef675a14fe103a0965c9 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/ekg_1.7~rc2.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 514073 b4ea482130e163af1456699e2e6983d9 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/ekg_1.7~rc2-1etch2.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 750 0ff1117467170af0a00db3701bfa3e30 alpha architecture (DEC Alpha) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu3_1.7~rc2-1etch2_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 75020 32743d8f1c90d89e8fa344609bc3dee3 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu-dev_1.7~rc2-1etch2_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 161822 79d864a5bb2b5cf7f099647d92f39a86 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/ekg_1.7~rc2-1etch2_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 320302 758aa135dad96eda3dff591375046982 amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/ekg_1.7~rc2-1etch2_amd64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 297518 1c9fcbce7540d6ff538f98710de424b2 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu-dev_1.7~rc2-1etch2_amd64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 136580 9ddd7e5e6fb2c3940f426d07bedf3478 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu3_1.7~rc2-1etch2_amd64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 69742 ce39c6ae5a6b4d6c5f9da1a5b92aee5c arm architecture (ARM) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu-dev_1.7~rc2-1etch2_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 135028 c593a1482e5673777dd3b4d1513af5d4 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu3_1.7~rc2-1etch2_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 67986 905284ffdb2f523c175b5b0590e139f5 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/ekg_1.7~rc2-1etch2_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 287590 770c154cbe20f9e5ef9a150eba228f63 hppa architecture (HP PA RISC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu-dev_1.7~rc2-1etch2_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 143792 879b7e4fa25861fb4b0138a64b20df1a http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/ekg_1.7~rc2-1etch2_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 310140 5187d07159a4bb9937147f411d4e729c http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu3_1.7~rc2-1etch2_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 73874 32e077a057c65aeef4f42028c1beb29e i386 architecture (Intel ia32) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu3_1.7~rc2-1etch2_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 67326 e69788fafa929636e435a7c498d6cbb2 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/ekg_1.7~rc2-1etch2_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 287730 bee66bb3ffa81f8d96a611d594c7e6c9 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu-dev_1.7~rc2-1etch2_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 131298 9455116765cded14599b13def2760856 ia64 architecture (Intel ia64) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/ekg_1.7~rc2-1etch2_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 394676 5da127623779c65a6882763d124e106e http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu3_1.7~rc2-1etch2_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 86672 df4d5a3e854546b2107829cae3c52758 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu-dev_1.7~rc2-1etch2_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 158010 7a0806cabe1c34094f6488e12381c4ee mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu-dev_1.7~rc2-1etch2_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 144930 c7f6dd469d3b41eb46c4e43c1af003d3 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/ekg_1.7~rc2-1etch2_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 298464 b1d464071ff3e1b6fd5b40c0b1be4b3a http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu3_1.7~rc2-1etch2_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 66636 3e4eb4be92ab91106ccb079d9537a4ec mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu-dev_1.7~rc2-1etch2_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 140696 8031b8d2eefad8db832ee9d399439a6b http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu3_1.7~rc2-1etch2_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 66494 44c2a30a3b164c7311ac24509b484371 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/ekg_1.7~rc2-1etch2_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 297158 19ad2f941ff975a0765a179385042ede powerpc architecture (PowerPC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/ekg_1.7~rc2-1etch2_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 297734 59019fd4f676af28a2ac587761d6613c http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu3_1.7~rc2-1etch2_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 70036 adf3410f5fa8466c8ad9cea0107e1c7e http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu-dev_1.7~rc2-1etch2_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 136148 42d66957fcf3a59ac69eb2e9eece6ac5 s390 architecture (IBM S/390) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu-dev_1.7~rc2-1etch2_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 134754 3e85a76f4ac6f70917a0edcfbbd1277c http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/ekg_1.7~rc2-1etch2_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 302854 f445e55ac77cccaa304eb9d86c230515 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu3_1.7~rc2-1etch2_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 69540 9cd3c7315a827bcfd940660681254106 sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/ekg_1.7~rc2-1etch2_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 286504 f8cd06af412041a6594765ac36010eb3 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu3_1.7~rc2-1etch2_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 68618 fd7f69d09515faa187e8970d6dcf82a9 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu-dev_1.7~rc2-1etch2_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 134926 888e34a4ca3055eb40f5cc16d1ed89b7 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: 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