-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2915-2 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Raphael Geissert April 30, 2014 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : dpkg Debian Bug : 746306 Javier Serrano Polo discovered that the recent dpkg update introduced a vulnerability in systems where the patch utility did not support C-style filename quoting - such as the oldstable distribution (squeeze). This revision of dpkg instead refuses to process patches with C-style filename quoting altogether. For reference, the original text of DSA-2915-1 is reproduced below: Jakub Wilk discovered that dpkg did not correctly parse C-style filename quoting, allowing for paths to be traversed when unpacking a source package - leading to the creation of files outside the directory of the source being unpacked. For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.15.10. For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.16.14. For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem will be fixed soon. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.17.9. We recommend that you upgrade your dpkg packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: http://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlNhYWEACgkQYy49rUbZzlplMwCeOg4xgWPMKxkvBSpI5kjNLWbY G30Anjda8yD2lt5afdOdAJRDcSXUBZ3y =L6Ka -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----