Debian: New links packages fix arbitrary shell command execution
Summary
For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been
fixed in version 0.99+1.00pre12-1.1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.99+1.00pre12-1.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your links 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 3.1 alias sarge
Size/MD5 checksum: 628 a1ac1c1549a102a35398b6453df8cf03
Size/MD5 checksum: 8329 5898f75988aba793e9559295996289ef
Size/MD5 checksum: 597848 c262b08c822a582bbc992e3730f43336
Architecture independent components:
Size/MD5 checksum: 5460 d983ff06f50743eefc590e13b881c649
Alpha architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 441038 6d3f4dbcdb63455d1a7c6c573c0a2cb0
AMD64 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 396200 13443385aff64d07c142561684d3698d
ARM architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 376692 90dc38882cee571a605ea4c1b312101f
HP Precision architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 416286 1a0e7cd0c9885a5a47f89feecdeea13a
Intel IA-32 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 385186 a99be183941d62c33bd7d0f49c1856cb
Intel IA-64 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 524446 e68877303d408b3b730e703c6d78f709
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 343786 51765dbe4d8788b4f4219c6f71461579
Big endian MIPS architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 412208 f3272fc9e06d0ad0bed4c2d2816502fe
Little endian MIPS architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 408254 70f5c450fd225ea6a82befeb3d6aeeab
PowerPC architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 396926 b0cbccacc3632be2d3eb97cea74ea6d8
IBM S/390 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 390546 2def4e695f30d34bb03a0592f5deee5b
Sun Sparc architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 379836 be1bae25603d4a50cf854a6b6b075960
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org