Debian: New xfs packages fix privilege escalation
Summary
For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0.1-6.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0.4-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your xfs 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
Size/MD5 checksum: 794 938a05eb2b1638fc49b4d7101084c69b
Size/MD5 checksum: 28440 0eeacd5783c66b937eaa1dbde6145401
Size/MD5 checksum: 174623 32e8b6b24ec3d4c0de11d81061640cc2
Alpha architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 75520 0becb7909f5d9df1621d1a8b153eab2b
AMD64 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 65224 632e1a2416a91e079fe16f19f8c18f37
ARM architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 61330 41a50afe7ca54708028f8929ef9f62a8
HP Precision architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 68312 31b1450c324283337298f0671491eddd
Intel IA-32 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 56856 40191532dd37541d09a9ff62bf9e6189
Intel IA-64 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 97348 31aacc8828c1dc532db8d5b630de5f5c
Big endian MIPS architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 69112 c0797a23074512e31edeef83a57817b5
Little endian MIPS architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 69032 3a44f04fd9e3f4b84fd03889bcebeb56
PowerPC architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 64512 00d156e38ef0cf5f5257ae90cef496a2
IBM S/390 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 67514 710d362f9183b98f817736e466c89d35
Sun Sparc architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 57382 8a32daa22fd7630ff4101e21a4cfaf7d
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