Package : subversion
Vulnerability : heap overflow
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2009-2411
Matt Lewis discovered that Subversion performs insufficient input
validation of svndiff streams. Malicious servers could cause heap
overflows in clients, and malicious clients with commit access could
cause heap overflows in servers, possibly leading to arbitrary code
execution in both cases.
For the old stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.4.2dfsg1-3.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.5.1dfsg1-4.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.6.4dfsg-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your Subversion 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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