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TITLE:
Debian update for texinfo

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23112

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23112/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

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

DESCRIPTION:
Debian has issued an update for texinfo. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
perform certain actions with escalated privileges and by malicious
people to potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA16816

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

-- Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge --

Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.7-2.2sarge2.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 622 f146d738696417a3f14e04875066ef9a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.7.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 1979183 72a57e378efb9898c9e41ca839554dae
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.7-2.2sarge2.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 10614 07a591b00a79ba8e2acf13d7654bf3e8

alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/info_4.7-2.2sarge2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 207720 1fce59e479c10386d5bab3d8aec99ddd
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.7-2.2sarge2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 884956 93a3606294fd0059390b7da3c5803a1a

amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/info_4.7-2.2sarge2_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 191308 035c9fb7bffa818819e6e104218d5911
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.7-2.2sarge2_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 863680 8300c746fbb75231a09229f32f57d126

arm architecture (ARM)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/info_4.7-2.2sarge2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 178812 d8781c075692500d4d6a799019697a72
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.7-2.2sarge2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 848862 4d31ba02e3004a5e290d6204ba402b19

hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.7-2.2sarge2_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 867668 934d2a72b73c4342066f1fba21c35fff
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/info_4.7-2.2sarge2_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 195122 07ea3515643ddb8dc29791802974ec40

i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.7-2.2sarge2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 846972 eb370f53f4db1681ead784353f6711c4
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/info_4.7-2.2sarge2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 179614 ee08c755b1eb00043173acfdae2420d7

ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.7-2.2sarge2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 912350 c99196682ffe5436a1f99da332e77f91
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/info_4.7-2.2sarge2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 229398 e9e6dca2f2250bd07c0605e393105339

m68k architecture (Motorola Mc680x0)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/info_4.7-2.2sarge2_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 171354 93b5762ecf847bba77396f08b04e225e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.7-2.2sarge2_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 838386 2d63f36ef81c84ae8bdad8f2be5f1797

mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/info_4.7-2.2sarge2_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 197790 a4995ad93353790e9c65c1670013ee9d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.7-2.2sarge2_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 871394 33293634348c2de181f44a1cde80a296

powerpc architecture (PowerPC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.7-2.2sarge2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 858718 15af021f7fcc9f8725e6148fcbc7ea45
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/info_4.7-2.2sarge2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 190392 0ad24b055c5c6db61c81120a9a3931ee

s390 architecture (IBM S/390)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/info_4.7-2.2sarge2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 190132 5d21d2dbfe5625f0a16a9016869ebd07
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.7-2.2sarge2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 862776 79880b6208371510574f131376c01097

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/info_4.7-2.2sarge2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 179676 ff45ad02e7f8a92ce2c99225a3671f3e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_4.7-2.2sarge2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 849696 5ebdcaed10e4bf038162a6a937f1bc1a

-- Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid --

Fixed in version 4.8.dfsg.1-4.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1219

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA16816:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16816/

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