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Debian DSA 935-1 Critical: libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey January 27, 2006
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Resolving critical code execution flaw: Update libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql packages on Debian to bolster security measures.
iDEFENSE reports that a format string vulnerability in mod_auth_pgsql, a library used to authenticate web users against a PostgreSQL database, could be used to execute arbitrary ...
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Summary


For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0.2b1-5sarge0.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed shortly.

We recommend that you upgrade your libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql 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: 718 64320b302321622c1007810e18f6559a
Size/MD5 checksum: 5031 400a8ca9689409375c56eafe38a957a7
Size/MD5 checksum: 15928 e2c032df0cd7e4a46381dcf6e488efe9

Alpha architecture:

Size/MD5 checksum: ...

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