TITLE:
Debian update for mason

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17084

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17084/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
http://secunia.com/product/143/
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
http://secunia.com/product/5307/
Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid
http://secunia.com/product/530/

DESCRIPTION:
Debian has issued an update for mason. This fixes a security issue,
which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The security issue is caused due to a missing call to "update-rc.d"
in "debian/postinst" after configuring mason. As a result, the init
script that loads the firewall during system boot is not installed.
This leaves the system without a firewall after a reboot.

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

-- Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody --

Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mason/mason_0.13.0.92-2woody1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 541 ecb992ca78a35ca58a14eeab6cf4f15c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mason/mason_0.13.0.92-2woody1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 3659 222ab145878984b9e181eea0046b6526
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mason/mason_0.13.0.92.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 218789 e1de238f5adc99bdbd519c92513f96b4

Architecture independent components:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mason/mason_0.13.0.92-2woody1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 184824 e32b3597c9bbf77624e205a6c4a8fdd2

-- Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge --

Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mason/mason_1.0.0-2.2.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 593 e899d7d2eeee90bdf85b37053613e0b4
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mason/mason_1.0.0-2.2.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 47013 0a8b604f753b008eaf3a5f2cca030023
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mason/mason_1.0.0.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 506940 62785d59e03df309fed8abe97e479af0

Architecture independent components:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mason/mason_1.0.0-2.2_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 423220 cc8e8f0ed22d2efdbb0e9d0e4cd61d8e

-- Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid --

Fixed in version 1.0.0-3.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Christoph Martin

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-845

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