Debian: New eric packages fix arbitrary code execution
Summary
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 869-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze October 21st, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package : eric Vulnerability : missing input sanitising Problem type : local (remote) Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-3068 Debian Bug : 330893 The developers of eric, a full featured Python IDE, have fixed a bug in the processing of project files that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain an eric package. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.6.2-2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.7.2-1. We recommend that you upgrade your eric 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 - -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 579 05a3dde271a09b3dfea7f43200f22011 Size/MD5 checksum: 9935 deab4c118e9e349f2424a3a84becfc28 Size/MD5 checksum: 2161575 1fdcba2aa0f4c0fce2a7c49668cebd60 Architecture independent components: Size/MD5 checksum: 1615108 3d65cdba469df986b25b93085980361e 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: dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
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