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Debian Security Advisory DSA 772-1 (apt-cacher)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

16 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update to apt-cacher announced via advisory DSA 772-1. Eduard Bloch discovered a bug in apt-cacher, a caching system for Debian package and source files, that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the caching host as user www-data. The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain this package.

Solution

Solution

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.4sarge1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.10. We recommend that you upgrade your apt-cacher package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20772-1

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