Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 updated

August 17th, 2007

The Debian project is pleased to announce the first update of its stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (codename etch). This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the stable release, along with a few adjustment to serious problems. The first update also corrects a few important issues that have been noticed too late in the release process.

Please note that this update does not constitute a new version of Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 but only updates some of the packages included. There is no need to throw away 4.0 CDs or DVDs but only to update against ftp.debian.org after an installation, in order to incorporate those late changes.

Those who frequently install updates from security.debian.org won't have to update many packages and most updates from security.debian.org are included in this update.

New CD and DVD images containing updated packages and the regular installation media accompanied with the package archive respectively will be available soon at the regular locations.

Upgrading to this revision online is usually done by pointing the aptitude (or apt) package tool (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to one of Debian's many FTP or HTTP mirrors. A comprehensive list of mirrors is available at:

Debian-Installer Update

To propagate updated Linux kernel packages to the Debian installer it has been updated. The new binary interface causes the old netboot and floppy images to stop working and thus will be rebuilt and distributed from the regular locations soon. Several USB CD drives that were previously not detected are now supported. Other changes include an updated mirror list, a correction for gksu and improved translations.

Miscellaneous Bugfixes

This stable update adds several binary updates for various architectures to packages whose version was not synchronised across all architectures. It also adds a few important corrections to the following packages:

Package Reason apache2 Expire disk cache, improved documentation apache2-mpm-itk Rebuilt against current Apache2 debian-archive-keyring Key for volatile.debian.org added debootstrap Add support for lenny desktop-base Adjust path to default wallpaper for KDE epiphany-browser Enable content negotiation for user's language setting fai-kernels Include arcmsr SCSI driver file Prevent possible denial of service glibc Prevent mount hang, memory leak and printf failure gnome-mount Rebuilt against current libeel2-2.14 initramfs-tools Added missing ESP module to SCSI modules list kernel-wedge Reupload to match packages in r1 libofa Rebuilt in a clean environment librsvg Corrected dependency lifelines Prevent file conflict with older version linux-latest-2.6 Assist upgrade to new linux-2.6 lsb Don't remove PID files of running daemons madwifi Correct two remote and one local denial of service mail-notification Binary rebuilt on several architectures mixmaster Correct buffer overflow mozilla-traybiff Improved dependency mpop Prevent password stealing via man in the middle mutt Correct reconnecting to IMAP server nano Prevent segmentation faults neon26 Correct Kerberos authentication nfs-utils Prevent memory leaks openoffice.org Prevent crashes when saving files orage Prevent memory leak orbit2 Allow non-local IPv4 connections php5 Correct regression in single quote escaping pppconfig Correct upgrade problem rdesktop Prevent segmentation fault upon successful login tetex-base Ease transition to texlive trac Adjust CSS and prevent remote exploition user-setup Properly set up gksu alternatives vice Correct regression after libx11-6 security fix xorg Provide easier upgrades and corrected dependencies

Security Updates

This revision adds the following security updates to the stable release. The Security Team has already released an advisory for each of these updates:

Advisory ID Package(s) Correction(s) DSA-1280 aircrack-ng Arbitrary code execution DSA-1281 clamav Several vulnerabilities DSA-1282 php4 Several vulnerabilities DSA-1283 php5 Several vulnerabilities DSA-1284 qemu Several vulnerabilities DSA-1285 wordpress Several vulnerabilities DSA-1286 linux-2.6 Several vulnerabilities DSA-1288 pptpd Denial of service DSA-1289 linux-2.6 Several vulnerabilities DSA-1290 squirrelmail Cross-site scripting DSA-1291 samba Several vulnerabilities DSA-1292 qt4-x11 Cross-site scripting DSA-1293 quagga Denial of service DSA-1295 php5 Several vulnerabilities DSA-1296 php4 Privilege escalation DSA-1297 gforge-plugin-scmcvs Arbitrary shell command execution DSA-1298 otrs2 Cross-site scripting DSA-1299 ipsec-tools Denial of service DSA-1300 iceape Several vulnerabilities DSA-1301 gimp Arbitrary code execution DSA-1302 freetype Arbitrary code execution DSA-1303 lighttpd Denial of service DSA-1305 icedove Several vulnerabilities DSA-1306 xulrunner Several vulnerabilities DSA-1307 openoffice.org Arbitrary code execution DSA-1309 postgresql-8.1 Privilege escalation. DSA-1310 libexif Arbitrary code execution DSA-1311 postgresql-7.4 Privilege escalation. DSA-1312 libapache-mod-jk Information disclosure DSA-1313 mplayer Arbitrary code execution DSA-1314 open-iscsi Several vulnerabilities DSA-1315 libphp-phpmailer Arbitrary shell command execution DSA-1316 emacs21 Denial of service DSA-1318 ekg Denial of service

A complete list of all accepted and rejected packages together with rationale is on the preparation page for this revision:

URLs

The complete lists of packages that have changed with this release:

The current stable distribution:

Proposed updates to the stable distribution:

Stable distribution information (release notes, errata, etc.):

Security announcements and information:

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