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Debian update for man-db
Secunia Advisory:	SA24828	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2007-04-09
Popularity:	4,097 views

Critical:	Less critical
Impact:	Privilege escalation
Where:	Local system
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid

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CVE reference:	CVE-2006-4250

Description: Debian has issued an update for man-db. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. For more information: SA24801 Solution: Apply updated packages. -- Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge -- Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.4.2.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 730134 15855f899a76aa302c83ffec81526ab4 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.4.2-21sarge1.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 673 add0d09882262adb0cbbde6845af0fbb http://security.debian.org/pool/updat.../man-db/man-db_2.4.2-21sarge1.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 104832 c5befcaee1865b8582d7bbe8ac21f537 alpha architecture (DEC Alpha) http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...an-db/man-db_2.4.2-21sarge1_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 641194 92131ea27cf1f17fcdaaea36accfa930 amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...an-db/man-db_2.4.2-21sarge1_amd64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 607660 464ca88aca62d8cd8ee84072993ce0f7 arm architecture (ARM) http://security.debian.org/pool/updat.../man-db/man-db_2.4.2-21sarge1_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 559372 1d5563046ce831b2b7088caa044694de hppa architecture (HP PA RISC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...man-db/man-db_2.4.2-21sarge1_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 609530 efa1144900b1ee014dd93eb5fb1bf223 i386 architecture (Intel ia32) http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...man-db/man-db_2.4.2-21sarge1_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 579774 feb44785cde0c8f64cd22f35aa674ab8 ia64 architecture (Intel ia64) http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...man-db/man-db_2.4.2-21sarge1_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 687208 1400e1e708ec327de4517557de51eca3 m68k architecture (Motorola Mc680x0) http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...man-db/man-db_2.4.2-21sarge1_m68k.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 544688 d9bd8753aeaf7ceaa7ff29903085ca33 mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...man-db/man-db_2.4.2-21sarge1_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 609644 b8cc5d9b03e70a2bf671983a31d858ba mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...n-db/man-db_2.4.2-21sarge1_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 611036 6e3cf522a309f851111ce579d1985c83 powerpc architecture (PowerPC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...-db/man-db_2.4.2-21sarge1_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 602320 05dac7703f16fde62ecf61f07e8ecf97 s390 architecture (IBM S/390) http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...man-db/man-db_2.4.2-21sarge1_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 600014 a9d162c3c25869260895ada582042e95 sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...an-db/man-db_2.4.2-21sarge1_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 574580 ee5ab4089c0ff87d3f976f82b4e01c27 -- Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch and unstable alias sid -- Fixed in version 2.4.3-5. Original Advisory: http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1278 Other References: SA24801: http://secunia.com/advisories/24801/

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