Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 updated

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The Debian Project                                 http://www.debian.org/
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 updated                             press@debian.org
April 11th, 2009                 http://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090411
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Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 updated

The Debian project is pleased to announce the first update of its stable
distribution Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (codename “lenny”).  This update mainly
adds corrections for security problems to the stable release, along with
a few adjustment to serious problems.

Please note that this update does not constitute a new version of Debian
GNU/Linux 5.0 but only updates some of the packages included.  There is
no need to throw away 5.0 CDs or DVDs but only to update via an up-to-
date Debian mirror after an installation, to cause any out of date
packages to be updated.

Those who frequently install updates from security.debian.org won’t have
to update many packages and most updates from security.debian.org are
included in this update.

New CD and DVD images containing updated packages and the regular
installation media accompanied with the package archive respectively will
be available soon at the regular locations.

Upgrading to this revision online is usually done by pointing the
aptitude (or apt) package tool (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to
one of Debian’s many FTP or HTTP mirrors.  A comprehensive list of
mirrors is available at:

<http://www.debian.org/distrib/ftplist>

Miscellaneous Bugfixes
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This stable update adds several binary updates for various architectures
to packages whose version was not synchronised across all architectures.
It also adds a few important corrections to the following packages:

Package                                      Reason

barnowl                                      Fix for CVE-2009-0363 (through testing-security)
base-files                                   Fix a typo to remove “base” correctly
bind9                                        Fix atomic operations on alpha and ia64
brltty                                       Upload with fixed version number
consolekit                                   Various fixes
fai                                          Fix typo which prevents perl scripts to work
firmware-nonfree                             Kernel ABI change
flpsed                                       Fix dependency on ghostscript-x
gdm                                          Fix a double free
gthumb                                       Fix copying loop
gtick                                        Add dependency on oss-compat
gtk+2.0                                      Fix infinite loop caused by setting color scheme
gtkguitune                                   Add dependency on oss-compat
heartbeat                                    Fix failover and message corruption
imagemagick                                  Replace non-free fonts
irqbalance                                   Do not crash on bogus /proc/irq entries
kvm                                          Fix hang on reboot with virtio
libbz2-ruby [armel]                          Rebuild to put modules in arm-linux instead of arm-linux-eabi
libcgi-application-plugins-perl              Fix information leak
libeb-ruby [armel]                           Rebuild to put modules in arm-linux instead of arm-linux-eabi
libfilesystem-ruby [armel]                   Rebuild to put modules in arm-linux instead of arm-linux-eabi
libfusefs-ruby [armel]                       Rebuild to put modules in arm-linux instead of arm-linux-eabi
libkakasi-ruby [armel]                       Rebuild to put modules in arm-linux instead of arm-linux-eabi
libodbc-ruby [armel]                         Rebuild to put modules in arm-linux instead of arm-linux-eabi
libopengl-ruby [armel]                       Rebuild to put modules in arm-linux instead of arm-linux-eabi
librevolution-ruby [armel]                   Rebuild to put modules in arm-linux instead of arm-linux-eabi
libvorbisfile-ruby [armel]                   Rebuild to put modules in arm-linux instead of arm-linux-eabi
libwrap-ruby [armel]                         Rebuild to put modules in arm-linux instead of arm-linux-eabi
linux-2.6                                    Several issues
linux-kernel-di-alpha-2.6                    New kernel for debian-installer
linux-kernel-di-amd64-2.6                    New kernel for debian-installer
linux-kernel-di-arm-2.6                      Add minix-modules to orion5x kernel flavour
linux-kernel-di-armel-2.6                    New kernel for debian-installer
linux-kernel-di-hppa-2.6                     New kernel for debian-installer
linux-kernel-di-i386-2.6                     New kernel for debian-installer
linux-kernel-di-ia64-2.6                     New kernel for debian-installer
linux-kernel-di-mips-2.6                     New kernel for debian-installer
linux-kernel-di-mipsel-2.6                   New kernel for debian-installer
linux-kernel-di-powerpc-2.6                  New kernel for debian-installer
linux-kernel-di-s390-2.6                     New kernel for debian-installer
linux-kernel-di-sparc-2.6                    New kernel for debian-installer
linux-latest-2.6                             Kernel ABI change
linux-modules-contrib-2.6                    Rebuild for kernel ABI change
linux-modules-di-alpha-2.6                   New kernel modules for debian-installer
linux-modules-di-amd64-2.6                   New kernel modules for debian-installer
linux-modules-di-arm-2.6                     New kernel modules for debian-installer
linux-modules-di-armel-2.6                   New kernel modules for debian-installer
linux-modules-di-hppa-2.6                    New kernel modules for debian-installer
linux-modules-di-i386-2.6                    New kernel modules for debian-installer
linux-modules-di-ia64-2.6                    New kernel modules for debian-installer
linux-modules-di-mips-2.6                    New kernel modules for debian-installer
linux-modules-di-mipsel-2.6                  New kernel modules for debian-installer
linux-modules-di-powerpc-2.6                 New kernel modules for debian-installer
linux-modules-di-s390-2.6                    New kernel modules for debian-installer
linux-modules-di-sparc-2.6                   New kernel modules for debian-installer
linux-modules-extra-2.6                      Rebuild for kernel ABI change
linux-modules-nonfree-2.6                    Rebuild for kernel ABI change
live-initramfs                               Fix media timeout, boot and shutdown issues
lvm2                                         Fix lvm on multipath in initrd
mediawiki                                    Fix XSS vulnerabilities
mp3gain [i386]                               Rebuild in a clean environment
mt-daapd                                     Fix crasher in built-in webserver
munin                                        Fix cgi mode
nvidia-graphics-legacy-96xx-modules-amd64    Rebuild for kernel ABI change
nvidia-graphics-legacy-96xx-modules-i386     Rebuild for kernel ABI change
nvidia-graphics-modules-amd64                Rebuild for kernel ABI change
nvidia-graphics-modules-i386                 Rebuild for kernel ABI change
oldsys-preseed                               Add support for the D-Link DNS-323
open-vm-tools                                Fix builds with other kernels than the running one
openoffice.org Repacked source to remove RFC text file, various bug fixes
optipng                                      Fix array overflow vulnerability
pam                                          Fix signedness error in _pam_StrTok
pcapy                                        Fix memory leak and capturing on lo
pidgin                                       Fix failure while connecting to ICQ servers due to protocol changes
pidgin-otr                                   Provide translation
posixlock [armel]                            Rebuild to put modules in arm-linux instead of arm-linux-eabi
postgresql-8.3                               New upstream bugfix release
pyusb                                        Fix module for python2.5 on 64 bit arch
qwik [armel]                                 Rebuild to put modules in arm-linux instead of arm-linux-eabi
root-system                                  Add libsm-dev as Build-Dependency
roundup                                      Fix several vulnerabilities
ruby-v4l [armel]                             Rebuild to put modules in arm-linux instead of arm-linux-eabi
samba                                        Fix two bugs of severity important
sary-ruby [armel]                            Rebuild to put modules in arm-linux instead of arm-linux-eabi
sbnc                                         Fix sbnc.key file location
schroot                                      Build with pthreads explicitly to fix a crash on alpha
smartmontools                                Fix target not checking for running daemon
snort                                        Fix possible segfault
texlive-extra                                Blacklist aurora, non-commercial license
toolame                                      Portability fixes
user-mode-linux                              Rebuild against updated linux-source
xorg-server                                  Work around broken PCI on sparc in lenny’s kernel
xserver-xorg-video-savage                    Do not add panel modes when there is no panel

New version of debian-installer
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debian-installer was updated to incorporate the updated Linux kernel
(DSA-1749), to add support for the D-Link DNS-323 (a NAS device) and to
incorporate new archive keys.

Security Updates
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This revision adds the following security updates to the stable release.
The Security Team has already released an advisory for each of these
updates:

Advisory ID    Package                 Correction(s)

DSA-1719       gnutls26                Certificate validation
DSA-1725       websvn                  Information leak
DSA-1726       python-crypto           Denial of service
DSA-1728       dkim-milter             Denial of service
DSA-1730       proftpd-dfsg            SQL injection vulnerabilities
DSA-1734       opensc                  Information disclosure
DSA-1735       znc                     Privilege escalation
DSA-1736       mahara                  Cross-site scripting
DSA-1737       wesnoth                 Several vulnerabilities
DSA-1738       curl                    Arbitrary file access
DSA-1739       mldonkey                Double slash vulnerability
DSA-1740       yaws                    Denial of service
DSA-1741       psi                     Denial of service
DSA-1742       libsndfile              Arbitrary code execution
DSA-1743       libtk-img               Arbitrary code execution
DSA-1744       weechat                 Denial of service
DSA-1745       lcms                    Arbitrary code execution
DSA-1746       ghostscript             Arbitrary code execution
DSA-1747       glib2.0                 Arbitrary code execution
DSA-1749       linux-2.6               Several issues
DSA-1750       libpng                  Several vulnerabilities
DSA-1751       xulrunner               Several vulnerabilities
DSA-1752       webcit                  Potential remote code execution
DSA-1755       systemtap               Local privilege escalation
DSA-1756       xulrunner               Multiple vulnerabilities
DSA-1757       auth2db                 SQL injection
DSA-1758       nss-ldapd               Information disclosure
DSA-1759       strongswan              Possible denial of service
DSA-1760       openswan                Possible denial of service


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