ESB-2009.1251

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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2009.1251
             New devscripts packages fix remote code execution
                             3 September 2009

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           devscripts
Publisher:         Debian
Operating System:  Debian GNU/Linux 4
Impact/Access:     Reduced Security -- Existing Account
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2009-2946  

Original Bulletin: 
   http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1878

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1878-1                  security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                           Florian Weimer
September 02, 2009                    http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : devscripts
Vulnerability  : missing input sanitation
Problem type   : remote
Debian-specific: yes
CVE Id(s)      : CVE-2009-2946

Raphael Geissert discovered that uscan, a program to check for
availability of new source code versions which is part of the
devscripts package, runs Perl code downloaded from potentially
untrusted sources to implement its URL and version mangling
functionality.  This update addresses this issue by reimplementing the
relevant Perl operators without relying on the Perl interpreter,
trying to preserve backwards compatibility as much as possible.

For the old stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.9.26etch4.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.10.35lenny6.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed in
version 2.10.54.

We recommend that you upgrade your devscripts 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/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.9.26etch4.tar.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum:   432330 6d13d4ec0e161a62d0babd45b58e9f75
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.9.26etch4.dsc
    Size/MD5 checksum:      682 0cd547c5e78642f16762e0d687997563

alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.9.26etch4_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   389730 42458f68b3f75d87bb0397e6befde980

amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.9.26etch4_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   399454 8f648a32c698f15d4c6c2a90f9cdc19a

arm architecture (ARM)

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.9.26etch4_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   396212 3187e3df12e04da5b2abb3aabf63f293

hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.9.26etch4_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   400058 bc84514b7d6e87c2bace8ee054cea2b6

i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.9.26etch4_i386.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   394688 35c9379172ffb63d89f512e7b46653db

ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.9.26etch4_ia64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   391116 f0d5a42de7f2f36d1433c550655c9cc9

mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.9.26etch4_mips.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   396716 30793d09ae26fdd5fbcf47fc011fb7d9

mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.9.26etch4_mipsel.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   389640 750928f91a3066a5288f807cd5afa953

powerpc architecture (PowerPC)

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.9.26etch4_powerpc.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   391870 5b5b3fcbf001a6d390515fb64829ba80

s390 architecture (IBM S/390)

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.9.26etch4_s390.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   389540 40471968ab5a26bb0227b4954814a270

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.9.26etch4_sparc.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   397816 5f773402f6ebf2b00170d46686ee0418

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 alias lenny
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Source archives:

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.10.35lenny6.tar.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum:   602179 4bc83fe370d730667e9fe8fe222bf115
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.10.35lenny6.dsc
    Size/MD5 checksum:     1417 6cd189a95491bdd4ce32e908acd55cd8

alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.10.35lenny6_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   509058 dd02c9afaf74b8633699b7e5aee3aef3

amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.10.35lenny6_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   519036 3f274c25fabc3d22cb329c621dd0f630

arm architecture (ARM)

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.10.35lenny6_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   520644 e4ee996772f786c6883c779420125dda

armel architecture (ARM EABI)

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.10.35lenny6_armel.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   520300 eae935b7a416989bb2cddabae3870e37

hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.10.35lenny6_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   524510 648acee4d3d9ed48eb2415ce36c5519e

i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.10.35lenny6_i386.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   517734 f5e74325fdfda2cf7cfb690be807a1de

ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.10.35lenny6_ia64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   510044 bde1efc77895c33d6e0ff5e49fcea63f

mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.10.35lenny6_mips.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   508946 2e3c9714a01e41655c467c2fd4f41f09

mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.10.35lenny6_mipsel.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   508980 4cc636a2e0391f8405808b80529020a6

powerpc architecture (PowerPC)

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.10.35lenny6_powerpc.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   511348 96628900942da87fed1133f6d97ed8ea

s390 architecture (IBM S/390)

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.10.35lenny6_s390.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   508898 f6eaf845971c27830890021c1106c19b

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.10.35lenny6_sparc.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   523130 773b2a7f70551467601af5d1daf8a776


  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next update.

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Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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