Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 updated

February 10th, 2009

The Debian project is pleased to announce the seventh 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.

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to throw away 4.0 CDs or DVDs but only to update via an up-to-date Debian mirror after an installation, to cause any out of date packages to be updated.

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:

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 crip Fix possible symlink vulnerability (CVE-2008-5376) devscripts Fix insecure creation of temporary directories fai-kernels Rebuilt against linux-2.6 update glibc Change currency for Slovakia and Slovenia to Euro glpi Replace domxml-php5-php5.php by a LGPL version gnumeric Fix untrusted search path vulnerability (CVE-2009-0318) linux-2.6.24 Fix several issues linux-ftpd-ssl Fix cross-site request forgery (CVE-2008-4247) muttprint Fix possible symlink vulnerability (CVE-2008-5368) tagcoll Fix packaging bug tkman Fix temporary file race (CVE-2008-5137)

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 Correction(s) DSA-1678 perl Privilege escalation DSA-1685 uw-imap Multiple vulnerabilities DSA-1686 no-ip Arbitrary code execution DSA-1688 courier-authlib SQL injection DSA-1689 proftpd-dfsg Cross-Site Request Forgery DSA-1690 avahi Denial of service DSA-1691 moodle Several vulnerabilities DSA-1692 php-xajax Cross-site scripting DSA-1693 phppgadmin Several vulnerabilities DSA-1694 xterm Remote code execution DSA-1695 ruby1.8, ruby1.9 Denial of service DSA-1696 icedove Several vulnerabilities DSA-1697 iceape Several vulnerabilities DSA-1698 gforge SQL injection DSA-1699 zaptel Privilege escalation DSA-1700 lasso Validation bypass DSA-1701 openssl, openssl097 Cryptographic weakness DSA-1702 ntp Cryptographic weakness DSA-1703 bind9 Cryptographic weakness DSA-1704 xulrunner Several vulnerabilities DSA-1705 netatalk Arbitrary code execution DSA-1706 amarok Arbitrary code execution DSA-1707 iceweasel Several vulnerabilities DSA-1708 git-core Remote code execution DSA-1709 shadow Possible privilege escalation DSA-1710 ganglia-monitor-core Remote code execution DSA-1715 moin Insufficient input sanitising

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

Removed packages

The following packages were removed due to circumstances beyond our control:

Package Reason tmsnc Security problems, protocol outdated

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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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