[SECURITY] [DSA 402-1] New minimalist package fixes remote command execution

From: Martin Schulze (joey_at_infodrom.org)
Date: 11/17/03

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    Debian Security Advisory DSA 402-1 security@debian.org
    http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
    November 17th, 2003 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package : minimalist
    Vulnerability : unsanitised input
    Problem-Type : remote
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE ID : CAN-2003-0902

    A security-related problem has been discovered in minimalist, a
    mailing list manager, which allows a remote attacker to execute
    arbitrary commands.

    For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
    version 2.2-4.

    For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
    version 2.4-1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your minimalist package.

    Upgrade Instructions
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    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
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      Source archives:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/minimalist/minimalist_2.2-4.dsc
          Size/MD5 checksum: 867 c068640f2b93412e07368555a63d9b14
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/minimalist/minimalist_2.2-4.diff.gz
          Size/MD5 checksum: 2583 2779834a5def11d42c31843cf50f7d4e
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/minimalist/minimalist_2.2.orig.tar.gz
          Size/MD5 checksum: 18135 cda434d02c6a8bd5ed7220af71613d40

      Architecture independent components:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/minimalist/minimalist_2.2-4_all.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 25608 e4b9822b1af1cf3e3d4f3dc353dd012d

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

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    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 <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/>

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