Oval Definition:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13599
Revision Date:2014-06-23Version:21
Title:DSA-1878-2 devscripts -- missing input sanitation
Description:This update corrects regressions introduced by the devscripts security update, DSA-1878-1. The original announcement was: Raphael Geissert discovered that uscan, a program to check for availability of new source code versions which is part of the devscripts package, runs Perl code downloaded from potentially untrusted sources to implement its URL and version mangling functionality. This update addresses this issue by reimplementing the relevant Perl operators without relying on the Perl interpreter, trying to preserve backwards compatibility as much as possible. For the old stable distribution, this problem has been fixed in version 2.9.26etch5. For the stable distribution, this problem has been fixed in version 2.10.35lenny7. For the unstable distribution, this problem will be fixed in version 2.10.55. We recommend that you upgrade your devscripts package.
Family:unixClass:patch
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CVE-2009-2946
DSA-1878-2
Platform(s):Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
Product(s):devscripts
Definition Synopsis
  • Release section
  • Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 is installed
  • AND Supported architectures section
  • Installed architecture is s390
  • OR Installed architecture is amd64
  • OR Installed architecture is sparc
  • OR Installed architecture is arm
  • OR Installed architecture is i386
  • OR Installed architecture is armel
  • OR Installed architecture is mips
  • OR Installed architecture is ia64
  • OR Installed architecture is alpha
  • OR Installed architecture is powerpc
  • OR Installed architecture is mipsel
  • OR Installed architecture is hppa
  • AND vscripts DPKG is earlier than 2.10.35lenny7
  • OR Release section
  • Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 is installed.
  • AND vscripts DPKG is earlier than 2.9.26etch5
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