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  • [SECURITY] [DSA 1667-1] New python2.4 packages fix several vulnerabilit

    From Moritz Muehlenhoff@1:229/2 to All on Wed Nov 19 19:30:17 2008
    From: [email protected]

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    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1667-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff November 19, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package : python2.4
    Vulnerability : several
    Problem type : local(remote)
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-2315 CVE-2008-3142 CVE-2008-3143 CVE-2008-3144

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

    CVE-2008-2315

    David Remahl discovered several integer overflows in the
    stringobject, unicodeobject, bufferobject, longobject,
    tupleobject, stropmodule, gcmodule, and mmapmodule modules.

    CVE-2008-3142

    Justin Ferguson discovered that incorrect memory allocation in
    the unicode_resize() function can lead to buffer overflows.

    CVE-2008-3143

    Several integer overflows were discovered in various Python core
    modules.

    CVE-2008-3144

    Several integer oberflows were discovered in the PyOS_vsnprintf()
    function.

    For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
    version 2.4.4-3+etch2.

    For the unstable distribution (sid) and the upcoming stable
    distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in
    version 2.4.5-5.

    We recommend that you upgrade your python2.4 packages.

    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
    - -------------------------------

    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/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4.orig.tar.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 9508940 f74ef9de91918f8927e75e8c3024263a
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch2.dsc
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1201 0b3898b3477ae37a81d28f9539c50de6
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch2.diff.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 205713 ac023a02c39a7e70b10c268e7169cbc7

    Architecture independent packages:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-examples_2.4.4-3+etch2_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 589678 9c6aef28fb1ff9a804fa1a147ce69d9e
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/idle-python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch2_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 60906 f03f5452778817758dfce037ba571001

    alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-3+etch2_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 965736 6f3adc06d80c3fdeda48e3bc0b12e5d9
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.4-3+etch2_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 5238160 680f07c3e87cb20b05b37745cf80f39a
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch2_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 2970930 e9f0951b39f36de2bd288aa34ca0dbc4
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch2_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1850704 3ccfc06ca31ae9f7f6cb631e8ee3a000

    amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-3+etch2_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 967804 0b594b7a4e03004672043d5c58019f80
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch2_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1637308 bcb8e0ccd455c2487ee2721d3d84aca1
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.4-3+etch2_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 5592228 441466ec5cbe0a3bf5b7d55a6fed7d8b
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch2_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 2968524 145a0af7bfaaae7d9ad2203241ec4ee8

    arm architecture (ARM)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.4-3+etch2_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 5358352 bb915c2a61cdc006db13a8d0c440c56d
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch2_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1502304 84153862216da31338aba857c90871d4
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-3+etch2_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 902236 6427dc210675b5cce39ab5f928b298db
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch2_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 2882452 b6bf0e5f6b4ea813a5bccc567b6e408e

    hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch2_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 3076702 001c94d6dba8fb9ba08d29ca5ceca65f
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch2_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1799642 95b811cadf540cc3b3f31a0134d18661
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-3+etch2_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1020124 9c8431097766633b45cfa35bf71761f5
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.4-3+etch2_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 5529414 67fb9036f49688d82b6ee93addc3c3fe

    i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-3+etch2_i386.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 901636 b198116fc5425e7fd48dba6d992a0c06
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch2_i386.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 2850824 4c7b173a4ebb3444201fe3f45f9e9fd2
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch2_i386.deb

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