-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1637-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Devin Carraway September 15, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : git-core Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem type : local (remote) Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-3546 Debian Bug : 494097 Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in git-core, the core of the git distributed revision control system. Improper path length limitations in git's diff and grep functions, in combination with maliciously crafted repositories or changes, could enable a stack buffer overflow and potentially the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies this vulnerabilitiy as CVE-2008-3546. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.6.5-1. We recommend that you upgrade your git-core packages. Upgrade instructions - -------------------- wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch - ------------------------------- Debian (stable) - --------------- Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc. Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 801 e1da32690d937c31112734e3a568a6b2 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 1054130 99bc7ea441226f792b6f796a838e7ef0 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 80042 b10d0f2f899b73e92cc22fd0e7616f8a Architecture independent packages: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-arch_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 68534 bc1c4be53e445eb2a9a1cba42410f85e http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-cvs_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 93752 fbbef80ad27745f79072bce3e5ae3a96 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-email_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 62850 dfaff5a7df0025792768a536fae519af http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/gitweb_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 88008 b10f4275020e838c1fb1a1af6ccef056 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-daemon-run_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 55366 5b7be4b5951849b301d1faddf831dff8 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-doc_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 466200 0a21d338c7741147ff36242abaf3b402 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-svn_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 100590 990844afb17ba526bbffb49796497b6e http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/gitk_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 99352 a2d4c126758efa9fa9a549e8736f80a3 alpha architecture (DEC Alpha) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 3092536 10a91198e5606dc6b1f6037803389d53 amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_amd64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 2627502 3fad9097fef2d907e66a28c9cb3f9684 arm architecture (ARM) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 2317560 de4bd89d3a608df2b1216f86cf0b8b53 hppa architecture (HP PA RISC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 2692126 53c2bf7b21e779e94c34405201be7910 i386 architecture (Intel ia32) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 2330734 769253444bc1f266f706bc742bec86ee ia64 architecture (Intel ia64) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 3813238 65d7e5064d427e425173653300a6b5c6 mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 2784982 4cd7c71d0cb63880562ec56b9c30ba0f mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 2799604 8cedf2b70c763b893500a04d42ffa82d powerpc architecture (PowerPC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 2636198 fe400a070ce9d89c60dc619334501d94 s390 architecture (IBM S/390) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 2620338 2c0192889678a8159a26c1f8c9d3a970 sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 2278862 cd969645dfe4fb36e457dabc3a5c7516 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org Package info: `apt-cache show ' and http://packages.debian.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIzg5eU5XKDemr/NIRAtskAKDb86DRKtjvC4xLal3kgdnQcL6GOQCfaKqO 8yxmorHwWyHkVLSsGB1WikQ= =0rLf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. 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