Debian: New phpgedview packages fix privilege escalation
Summary
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA-1580-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Thijs Kinkhorst May 20, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------Package : phpgedview Vulnerability : programming error Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-2064 It was discovered that phpGedView, an application to provide online access to genealogical data, allowed remote attackers to gain administrator privileges due to a programming error. Note: this problem was a fundamental design flaw in the interface (API) to connect phpGedView with external programs like content management systems. Resolving this problem was only possible by completely reworking the API, which is not considered appropriate for a security update. Since these are peripheral functions probably not used by the large majority of package users, it was decided to remove these interfaces. If you require that interface nonetheless, you are advised to use a version of phpGedView backported from Debian Lenny, which has a completely redesigned API. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 4.0.2.dfsg-4. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 4.1.e+4.1.5-1. We recommend that you upgrade your phpgedview 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 - -------------------------------Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 6181964 73b1f051f01dcd6520a044badaa40fe6 Size/MD5 checksum: 8182 834f82b6f3a2512211e8e25dc99ebb44 Size/MD5 checksum: 1053 8058483846a8b7e51301ed3fac097cdd Architecture independent packages: Size/MD5 checksum: 1207756 6105005be43e22076a87b6590a899268 Size/MD5 checksum: 1821820 0c8d7b39855b30c6880aa8115bc1452e Size/MD5 checksum: 2271768 3a7155e548c4f5e2ddcc43747d804ed0 Size/MD5 checksum: 877102 4e62354aa4950afee7ca71178f1a717f 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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