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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2010.0147
New ajaxterm packages fix session hijacking
12 February 2010
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: ajaxterm
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 4
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Access Confidential Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2009-1629
Original Bulletin:
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1994
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running ajaxterm check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1994-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Raphael Geissert
February 11, 2010 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : ajaxterm
Vulnerability : weak session IDs
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2009-1629
It was discovered that ajaxterm, a web-based terminal, generates weak
and predictable session IDs, which might be used to hijack a session or
cause a denial of service attack on a system that uses ajaxterm.
For the oldstable distribution (etch), the problem has been fixed in
version 0.9-2+etch1.
For the stable distribution (lenny), the problem has been fixed in
version 0.10-2+lenny1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), the problem has been fixed in
version 0.10-5.
We recommend that you upgrade your ajaxterm 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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Oldstable 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/a/ajaxterm/ajaxterm_0.9-2+etch1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 690 4e0e8803297516dd65e13e10836b7700
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/ajaxterm/ajaxterm_0.9-2+etch1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 6479 30e20eb2a1a452f9e2711619d3386155
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/ajaxterm/ajaxterm_0.9.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 33751 9e48eae37beb62df3f91460b7fe352e0
Architecture independent packages:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/ajaxterm/ajaxterm_0.9-2+etch1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 40490 4c63417d3dfe2aa14c115042c10cdb97
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 alias lenny
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Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.
Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/ajaxterm/ajaxterm_0.10-2+lenny1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 8309 63860e0b5b279d0fe92012abef36628e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/ajaxterm/ajaxterm_0.10.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 34372 b10830a7a81d2a4c9f8815510dafb87a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/ajaxterm/ajaxterm_0.10-2+lenny1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 1275 dac2c51d75700af66248358265c77897
Architecture independent packages:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/ajaxterm/ajaxterm_0.10-2+lenny1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 41606 287e8220fce3fc0b673ed6f392094b71
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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