The Debian Security Team published a new security update for Debian GNU/Linux. Here the announcement:
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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
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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
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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 3.1 alias sarge
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 718 64320b302321622c1007810e18f6559a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 5031 400a8ca9689409375c56eafe38a957a7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 15928 e2c032df0cd7e4a46381dcf6e488efe9
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 20410 4e2c27c73a6ca3ca70713e31842c01ca
AMD64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 20040 9b542446b7336c88c2ffabdad730b74f
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 18806 fcf3a9529b0b2af5a67237360c60f554
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 19406 f869e108de0839dcdcc2ee9459a8848d
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 22282 018e612149c4d4a2cb139ee91b972cae
HP Precision architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 20686 dc84765b12cb57c7c2b68d9f875d8f07
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 18944 ab3c2f517273d868d8dd3fcf9b78ea0a
Big endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 18884 cfed58fc3dd4bc0e7b635f048b9ef317
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 18860 dc5b1b912b0fcf62d2a8edc7a5a9fa52
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 20710 bdc297d45748433b2adcd3ac962612a3
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 19840 798db337084461ee60239274cf89f4e0
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql/libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql_2.0.2b1-5sarge0_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 19006 6cd6c8809599feec59df63281adcfd7b
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
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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