Secunia Security Advisory - Debian has issued an update for systemtap. This fixes a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Debian update for systemtap
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34479
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34479/
DESCRIPTION:
Debian has issued an update for systemtap. This fixes a security
issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain
escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA34475
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
-- Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 alias lenny --
Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/systemtap/systemtap_0.0.20080705.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 880805 8f14c7b79561392e7ec91187ed09f3be
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/systemtap/systemtap_0.0.20080705-1+lenny1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 12603 b08a9943746e474ed2aa6ed4bc9fc438
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/systemtap/systemtap_0.0.20080705-1+lenny1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 1420 bfbaeb5d86bfd6876a04e562dc8c69ec
amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/systemtap/systemtap_0.0.20080705-1+lenny1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1250966 d8368769f30ecaa915839a1fc937899d
arm architecture (ARM)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/systemtap/systemtap_0.0.20080705-1+lenny1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1309852 7e006ca8bfa2bd36484bd25dda6dcb4c
i386 architecture (Intel ia32)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/systemtap/systemtap_0.0.20080705-1+lenny1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1249882 ed02a4eb92c671f18702b69df5ade6d5
ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/systemtap/systemtap_0.0.20080705-1+lenny1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1441448 7da28afa66b41d81322cf5614cb9af93
powerpc architecture (PowerPC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/systemtap/systemtap_0.0.20080705-1+lenny1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1269934 3016e60eb5dbab1b617bf088d807489c
s390 architecture (IBM S/390)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/systemtap/systemtap_0.0.20080705-1+lenny1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1227546 9edb1baaa6a126a405674be0a9dcf12c
-- Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid --
Fixed in version 0.0.20090314-2.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
DSA-1755-1:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2009/msg00065.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA34475:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34475/
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