- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 726-1                     security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                             Martin Schulze
May 20th, 2005                          https://www.debian.org/security/faq
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package        : oops
Vulnerability  : format string vulnerability
Problem-Type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID         : CAN-2005-1121
Debian Bug     : 307360

A format string vulnerability has been discovered in the MySQL/PgSQL
authentification module of Oops, a caching HTTP proxy server written
for performance.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.5.19.cvs.20010818-0.1woody1

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your oops 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:

          Size/MD5 checksum:      650 5c25c8feafc8859988e9c58f16fefb4e
          Size/MD5 checksum:   447210 1d36c62ee9fb194ec40541426941d7a6

  Alpha architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   338016 93b334e738d1eeec4833470bec6c1693

  ARM architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   299218 dea33792da84a6c73c9cb70e383912db

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   287540 a0571d3d10eb7fd4be599f8fb0b68635

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   413984 10ece35fd66c870a14074ac8a6bfa258

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   270530 7b2491ebabd375af8f33084eb91ad635

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   289514 893f78b2c56fd70b2c28b73d7c53004e

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   290028 0273f0cecd26200ce11fc04e76afbc7a

  PowerPC architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   308516 75fc74b544650254054608170df31a09

  IBM S/390 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   284660 d22ef5e1d425387d300e34507b724e1c

  Sun Sparc architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   294592 bb09b2b20ad19d71f55c33bdde56b942


  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next update.

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------For apt-get: deb https://www.debian.org/security/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp:  dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: New oops packages fix format string vulnerability

May 20, 2005
Updated package.

Summary


For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your oops 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

Size/MD5 checksum: 650 5c25c8feafc8859988e9c58f16fefb4e
Size/MD5 checksum: 447210 1d36c62ee9fb194ec40541426941d7a6

Alpha architecture:

Size/MD5 checksum: 338016 93b334e738d1eeec4833470bec6c1693

ARM architecture:

Size/MD5 checksum: 299218 dea33792da84a6c73c9cb70e383912db

Intel IA-32 architecture:

Size/MD5 chec...

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