Package : courier-authlib
Vulnerability : SQL injection
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-2380 CVE-2008-2667
Two SQL injection vulnerabilities have beein found in courier-authlib,
the courier authentification library. The MySQL database interface used insufficient escaping mechanisms when constructing SQL statements,
leading to SQL injection vulnerabilities if certain charsets are used (CVE-2008-2380). A similar issue affects the PostgreSQL database
interface (CVE-2008-2667).
For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
version 0.58-4+etch2.
For the testing distribution (lenny) and the unstable distribution
(sid), these problems have been fixed in version 0.61.0-1+lenny1.
We recommend that you upgrade your courier-authlib 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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