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Home > Products and services > CSIRTUK advisories > Advisories archive > February 2005 > Two Debian Security Advisories: 1. DSA 688-1 - squid 2. DSA 689-1 - libapache-mod-python

February 2005

Two Debian Security Advisories: 1. DSA 688-1 - squid 2. DSA 689-1 - libapache-mod-python

ID: 00163
Ref: 146/2005
Date: 24 February 2005:13:58:18
Version: 1

Title: Two Debian Security Advisories: 1. DSA 688-1 - squid 2. DSA 689-1 - libapache-mod-python
Abstract:
Vendors affected: Debian
Operating systems affected: Debian
Applications affected: Debian

Title
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Two Debian Security Advisories:

1. DSA 688-1 - squid

2. DSA 689-1 - libapache-mod-python

Detail
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1. Upstream developers have discovered several problems in squid, the Internet
object cache, the popular WWW proxy cache. A remote attacker can cause
squid to crash via certain DNS responses.

2. Graham Dumpleton discovered a flaw which can affect anyone using the
publisher handle of the Apache Software Foundation's mod_python.
The publisher handle lets you publish objects inside modules to make
them callable via URL. The flaw allows a carefully crafted URL to
obtain extra information that should not be visible (information leak).




1.



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Debian Security Advisory DSA 688-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
February 23rd, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : squid
Vulnerability : mising input sanitising
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2005-0446

Upstream developers have discovered several problems in squid, the Internet
object cache, the popular WWW proxy cache. A remote attacker can cause
squid to crash via certain DNS responses.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in
version 2.4.6-2woody7.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 2.5.8-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your squid package.


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 3.0 alias woody
- - --------------------------------

Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squid_2.4.6-2woody7.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 612 bc9dc33a502eb9e0b4293c9a0e2aef18
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squid_2.4.6-2woody7.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 236440 d1c8a57810656ee89295c82054824f8e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squid_2.4.6.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 1081920 59ce2c58da189626d77e27b9702ca228

Alpha architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squid_2.4.6-2woody7_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 815502 5baa03bdbc5258c31a9c093fd567084c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squid-cgi_2.4.6-2woody7_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 75622 5cfae27e8324a0ca0dfccb3dfbadcb1a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squidclient_2.4.6-2woody7_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 60366 fde4ec72c5629fe0d7f38b873c27e620

ARM architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squid_2.4.6-2woody7_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 726008 61adcf77023bbaa37db5e9161acf4050
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squid-cgi_2.4.6-2woody7_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 73382 5f3e398939e6a277ea015f9f3235eff1
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squidclient_2.4.6-2woody7_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 58704 ad58694d9fb083e67809a98f71187dad

Intel IA-32 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squid_2.4.6-2woody7_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 684338 577c9a8008c5ede1a4f16ef8520ed4c7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squid-cgi_2.4.6-2woody7_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 73884 203f95f882aa4ea3ba68076fdcf94cfe
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squidclient_2.4.6-2woody7_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 58396 28dc7b3ad6406d51bf932600b85ece0b

Intel IA-64 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squid_2.4.6-2woody7_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 953954 d79a494213f89d9c021273c55fa14490
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squid-cgi_2.4.6-2woody7_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 79476 b227a17db6a5f115d99598210ed5d5f3
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squidclient_2.4.6-2woody7_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 63034 23204a45be54339b31e04e9358e357c6

HP Precision architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squid_2.4.6-2woody7_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 779584 c37982b618205e53554cdbdedfed1729
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squid-cgi_2.4.6-2woody7_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 74828 d1f1807974aa091d258dda40f1a5e27a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squidclient_2.4.6-2woody7_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 59842 38372550333e90fba53558ab8ed9eebc

Motorola 680x0 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squid_2.4.6-2woody7_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 666248 649f02e2b065d64a7059c08b3aa38bfc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squid-cgi_2.4.6-2woody7_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 72730 cbbc04070becff9dbf07f8816a33a13c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squidclient_2.4.6-2woody7_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 57938 c0410320db936951124d49f799e77057

Big endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squid_2.4.6-2woody7_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 765390 4f877c9010ee2ef13ba96b7105e3e19a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squid-cgi_2.4.6-2woody7_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 74354 9b425951580d0d782cf0622003673fba
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squidclient_2.4.6-2woody7_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 58992 dd15f0bd3279f7012024121d60ecaeed

Little endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squid_2.4.6-2woody7_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 765608 2e798cbf5b623b7c2bf06a13aebbefc0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squid-cgi_2.4.6-2woody7_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 74478 6b9d563241173ef6f9baa4a0c6d73a69
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squidclient_2.4.6-2woody7_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 59102 833e1a5808ff69aa664fd055d713a03c

PowerPC architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squid_2.4.6-2woody7_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 722756 32ce8c5e69389b970843ed0b82691894
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squid-cgi_2.4.6-2woody7_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 73378 2661e53c7a134e96d8da81a3c3284bd1
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squidclient_2.4.6-2woody7_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 58586 c8d689cd3c7c09b9d119ab2c502f7d39

IBM S/390 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squid_2.4.6-2woody7_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 712300 40f6212bc20c134923cf1048cfd5245b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squid-cgi_2.4.6-2woody7_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 73728 e696e11731b0ffe2a00d883bdc3d16cd
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squidclient_2.4.6-2woody7_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 59156 653037fec730df2155e51aa4d2809ee3

Sun Sparc architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squid_2.4.6-2woody7_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 724706 3339a3b62ec6e672725c20f012759b4b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squid-cgi_2.4.6-2woody7_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 76012 cda6d662b54f46a831d8566f6f8f095b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/squid/squidclient_2.4.6-2woody7_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 61020 36640727d0e8c5e400de0c04630c961b


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/

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 689-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
February 23rd, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Package : libapache-mod-python
Vulnerability : missing input sanisiting
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2005-0088

Graham Dumpleton discovered a flaw which can affect anyone using the
publisher handle of the Apache Software Foundation's mod_python.
The publisher handle lets you publish objects inside modules to make
them callable via URL. The flaw allows a carefully crafted URL to
obtain extra information that should not be visible (information leak).

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.7.8-0.0woody5.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.7.10-4 of libapache-mod-python and in version 3.1.3-3 of
libapache2-mod-python.

We recommend that you upgrade your libapache-mod-python package.


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 3.0 alias woody
- - --------------------------------

Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody5.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 715 b0716ef2fca40600c41d77c45bcc4167
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody5.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 8261 69110f0e179d5b6f93542233ca6014c4
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 176639 4d5bee8317bfb45a3bb09f02b435e917

Alpha architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody5_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 120410 64e141ce045b242ce8372b0a2b4be1d7

ARM architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody5_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 118242 d5738e2ae1a50394ad6964c6fc698652

Intel IA-32 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody5_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 117626 acc4d8975aff9f0df543ba7015781ac3

Intel IA-64 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody5_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 131522 d7ad903ce69e71242e62ad37b7faa91a

HP Precision architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody5_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 120182 6bce263b5cb8b4f4812c56483aa50e37

Motorola 680x0 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody5_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 118688 3bf883aeee5ad3918b8dc303269f4475

Big endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody5_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 117644 5221344e02f32234c1e889d6d66f6f5d

Little endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody5_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 117386 e3acec959d1bfbdfcc10a6faff7c83cf

PowerPC architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody5_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 118564 574476da068dc51a89d434506059483b

IBM S/390 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody5_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 119368 a5bf1d308b8fd847af7c22a657316834

Sun Sparc architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody5_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 118498 841af8c2e626a24c182cee27d7e71a24


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/

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