TITLE:
Debian update for arc

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17068

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17068/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information, Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
http://secunia.com/product/5307/
Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid
http://secunia.com/product/530/

DESCRIPTION:
Debian has issued an update for arc. This fixes a security issue and
a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
gain access to sensitive information and perform certain actions on a
vulnerable system with escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA16805

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

-- Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge --

Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/arc/arc_5.21l-1sarge1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 552 4ebba22896668e091043fb909dd7f0b7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/arc/arc_5.21l-1sarge1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 3323 1c70a26064195b6664b296313c73cbc0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/arc/arc_5.21l.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 82134 f30654fbe80640f0219c33d0f2f64021

Alpha architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/arc/arc_5.21l-1sarge1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 67312 081b0a1573d4f3a2ce35e937200a56bd

AMD64 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/arc/arc_5.21l-1sarge1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 60646 c8edb347de5f20d8f17a93bde98fc9fd

ARM architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/arc/arc_5.21l-1sarge1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 57442 2ad784c9a055046c2e47990ae8155001

Intel IA-32 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/arc/arc_5.21l-1sarge1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 55506 f8c3fb1adb553abbcceabdeb5a3aea82

Intel IA-64 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/arc/arc_5.21l-1sarge1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 73842 d70cebf9b47a8630692450476fe9062c

HP Precision architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/arc/arc_5.21l-1sarge1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 62028 a33d986f66f7ca3d5f582fbf495bb45f

Motorola 680x0 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/arc/arc_5.21l-1sarge1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 52462 51ad27d071bb88b938de56b58dbe6d0e

Big endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/arc/arc_5.21l-1sarge1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 64456 6991489144d5381fe19b73edc104f7a3

Little endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/arc/arc_5.21l-1sarge1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 64228 c0ba8aaac79f6547d13db04ba13b39bd

PowerPC architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/arc/arc_5.21l-1sarge1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 60004 85870f99024711bdf1bc5ed32398ce07

IBM S/390 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/arc/arc_5.21l-1sarge1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 60052 5adb2907170ef095d50daf397193cfa2

Sun Sparc architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/arc/arc_5.21l-1sarge1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 57084 88ec040ae647afb844d1c98a4c7a77a7

-- Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid --

Fixed in version 5.21m-1.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-843

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA16805:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16805/

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