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TITLE:
Debian update for hf

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32855

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32855/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/13844/
Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/530/

DESCRIPTION:
Debian has issued an update for hf. This fixes a security issue,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.

For more information:
SA32831

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

-- Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch --

Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3-4etch1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 48134 aedcfbf8d991ebee97c1b1a57f677c32
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 776437 78d855ea6fccdd5fd1d1ee19d2fd5ea1
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3-4etch1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 665 c225ea8d68cac81421a85f960c26942c

alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3-4etch1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 734206 5bd691c27b46f64ce98c68a48e0798ab

amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3-4etch1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 690954 c966ca05f946b97569b38c9dccc7a80f

arm architecture (ARM)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3-4etch1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 664202 aad2e7d38d7b6724f2e842e8048bf840

hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3-4etch1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 731050 412d07e8cf470eba24b4a63994d3bb76

i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3-4etch1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 656534 10eaf8da9cd5deaa7fc0cc655df9e28c

ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3-4etch1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 898636 2caa75fb4af2f56bd5ccfbf5b0387368

mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3-4etch1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 705444 f41f671e6fc8a5980566c261dc3a6ee9

mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3-4etch1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 698476 6e9465ba686b513e22a023f31d4f8980

powerpc architecture (PowerPC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3-4etch1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 689566 3a6b281bb7a0fc7ae0d9bdba1e40dff6

s390 architecture (IBM S/390)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3-4etch1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 661218 315d7ac125355a89b4a6e253a6fb0172

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hf/hf_0.7.3-4etch1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 656572 86bb446f37a7801a26859d3db1a177c5

-- Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid --

Fixed in version 0.8-8.1.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
DSA-1668-1:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00260.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA32831:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32831/

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