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Debian: New python2.5 packages fix several vulnerabilities Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Debian Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the interpreter for the Python language.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1620-1                  security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff
July 27, 2008                         http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : python2.5
Vulnerability  : several
Problem type   : local(remote)
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s)      : CVE-2007-2052 CVE-2007-4965 CVE-2008-1679 CVE-2008-1721 CVE-2008-1887

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the interpreter for the
Python language. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies
the following problems:

CVE-2007-2052

    Piotr Engelking discovered that the strxfrm() function of the locale
    module miscalculates the length of an internal buffer, which may
    result in a minor information disclosure.

CVE-2007-4965

    It was discovered that several integer overflows in the imageop
    module may lead to the execution of arbitrary code, if a user is
    tricked into processing malformed images. This issue is also
    tracked as CVE-2008-1679 due to an initially incomplete patch.

CVE-2008-1721
 
    Justin Ferguson discovered that a buffer overflow in the zlib
    module may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

CVE-2008-1887

    Justin Ferguson discovered that insufficient input validation in
    PyString_FromStringAndSize() may lead to the execution of arbitrary
    code.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.5-5+etch1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.5.2-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your python2.5 packages.

Upgrade instructions
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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
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Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.

Source archives:

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5_2.5-5+etch1.dsc
    Size/MD5 checksum:     1304 1849941ac328ba0bccc45535c5878d4d
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5_2.5.orig.tar.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 11010528 2ce301134620012ad6dafb27bbcab7eb
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5_2.5-5+etch1.diff.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum:   266589 dfbdc5caf7a95e68f68e0351228284d4

Architecture independent packages:

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-examples_2.5-5+etch1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   643494 f922c5e48339e5b535a1f23f6e061700
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/idle-python2.5_2.5-5+etch1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:    63258 4add97730079e7894abbbca4ba5659d4

alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-minimal_2.5-5+etch1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   849132 28c76f70110314eab90c8ea31d0da51e
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dev_2.5-5+etch1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  2065734 270d593f08cdd06cbe55bdb804a5dc43
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5_2.5-5+etch1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  3596900 64d12cc349030683dc125901dff56feb
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dbg_2.5-5+etch1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  6079808 4105398688a96f54fb7e043a3bd536d7

amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dbg_2.5-5+etch1_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  6432058 b7e802bf4a19edfaddc28ebc06bed279
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5_2.5-5+etch1_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  3589530 9bbd2cea36b04746fa5437d984147f99
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dev_2.5-5+etch1_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  1806598 98bfee87311a8950462a9ab78c7d5719
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-minimal_2.5-5+etch1_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   849650 a95eeb3b45a0a3f74e314084d581fbd6

arm architecture (ARM)

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dev_2.5-5+etch1_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  1656006 8e8d3d3b991f317384fc1646139712d4
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-minimal_2.5-5+etch1_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   781358 fbb5adac7469048405b2585475393475
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5_2.5-5+etch1_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  3447404 4a10cad96ef0aefc9ba916a39677b826
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dbg_2.5-5+etch1_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  6017500 f727562323c21bfb371e17ef9691f8e3

hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dev_2.5-5+etch1_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  1984570 b083e1afffe4a93dd79ae4b8a7dca474
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5_2.5-5+etch1_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  3679122 cb5aa4f840a12ee13094089323f0b4f9
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-minimal_2.5-5+etch1_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   887774 9cc756ce52e5380650ea754c4104c6ca
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dbg_2.5-5+etch1_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  6204820 65d3c59dcb56277d838b776f0b2d5176

i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dbg_2.5-5+etch1_i386.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  5989758 79d6a1ed26f230a5b092603346cd31e3
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dev_2.5-5+etch1_i386.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  1676014 5d7353787ab562d03bb967732cd7bf46
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5_2.5-5+etch1_i386.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  3445750 4b7b6629d5ee48d8413bd2ee7289726c
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-minimal_2.5-5+etch1_i386.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   784320 f49d7ccf7cb106d200559169c4c013f2

ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-minimal_2.5-5+etch1_ia64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  1176036 fbc3971fbbcc8a37b2feec8570a4fa34
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dbg_2.5-5+etch1_ia64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  6966656 ca0fe43224b9f329afac2673379ad958
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5_2.5-5+etch1_ia64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  4037758 3be3cf7835a7e69b3189025edcdca799
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dev_2.5-5+etch1_ia64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  2477104 a5cafad9926f58504c44f980d490d979

mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-minimal_2.5-5+etch1_mips.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   819064 263a7a9496d171874461654ecc7db26f
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dev_2.5-5+etch1_mips.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  1907220 2175a2f625925e95be148d62f279c210
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5_2.5-5+etch1_mips.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  3525088 a257c17981d12f9f0eb0a86fde85ca71
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dbg_2.5-5+etch1_mips.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  6507214 8306549937264c9f1cf57288ae7e738b

mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5_2.5-5+etch1_mipsel.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  3456110 1a7675c9de9abd3671786d36d3ea263f
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-minimal_2.5-5+etch1_mipsel.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   817730 1a656308b4c158a6d0594f08132f8e16
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dbg_2.5-5+etch1_mipsel.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  6336980 a01b93c916c6c658747effa637bbb58d
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dev_2.5-5+etch1_mipsel.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  1896534 b2b39e4d4e79b6afa13b24beccc5ab7c

powerpc architecture (PowerPC)

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5_2.5-5+etch1_powerpc.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  3590820 f419e6c0b439e8391ce118a22f66179e
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-minimal_2.5-5+etch1_powerpc.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   843170 ae9e553f9c5e278f42bb6bc2bef215aa
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dbg_2.5-5+etch1_powerpc.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  6648508 512e75472dcb919d7987472f7ea1c57c
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dev_2.5-5+etch1_powerpc.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  1809928 1f43ae54d0b5836abbbfc59083d60bb4

s390 architecture (IBM S/390)

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-minimal_2.5-5+etch1_s390.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   841474 9e0a8a5eaf9100fb03caa3ac77aa2d63
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dev_2.5-5+etch1_s390.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  1816794 a718f4d0c010ca9686068e0bbd8ec919
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dbg_2.5-5+etch1_s390.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  6535426 4aa0738ecf30b99614440f134a2096fb
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5_2.5-5+etch1_s390.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  3614770 6fdb0e38779312a7a66d57e373c38a38

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dev_2.5-5+etch1_sparc.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  1759842 5897eefdb79bfeb3cc470959e04dcb7c
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dbg_2.5-5+etch1_sparc.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  5995652 13848fd47c5a9047172d246c12dee03e
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5_2.5-5+etch1_sparc.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  3493896 d327f5fc4dbd282db977eade02c9b7eb
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-minimal_2.5-5+etch1_sparc.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   778284 bd2ad97592529526e7c08862baf28cdc


  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next update.

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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
 
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