Debian: New libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql packages fix arbitrary code execution
Summary
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 935-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Michael Stone January 10, 2006 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package : libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql Vulnerability : format string vulnerability Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2005-3656 Debian Bug : 307852 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 code with the privileges of the httpd user. The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql. 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 - -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 718 64320b302321622c1007810e18f6559a Size/MD5 checksum: 5031 400a8ca9689409375c56eafe38a957a7 Size/MD5 checksum: 15928 e2c032df0cd7e4a46381dcf6e488efe9 Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 20410 4e2c27c73a6ca3ca70713e31842c01ca AMD64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 20040 9b542446b7336c88c2ffabdad730b74f ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 18806 fcf3a9529b0b2af5a67237360c60f554 Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 19406 f869e108de0839dcdcc2ee9459a8848d Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 22282 018e612149c4d4a2cb139ee91b972cae HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 20686 dc84765b12cb57c7c2b68d9f875d8f07 Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 18944 ab3c2f517273d868d8dd3fcf9b78ea0a Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 18884 cfed58fc3dd4bc0e7b635f048b9ef317 Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 18860 dc5b1b912b0fcf62d2a8edc7a5a9fa52 PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 20710 bdc297d45748433b2adcd3ac962612a3 IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 19840 798db337084461ee60239274cf89f4e0 Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 19006 6cd6c8809599feec59df63281adcfd7b 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