TITLE:
Debian update for petris

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18384

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18384/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
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 petris. This fixes a vulnerability,
which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain
escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA18362

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

-- Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge --

Source archives:

petris_1.0.1-4sarge0.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 4255 f043952580a76a670090f5e10456cac0
petris_1.0.1-4sarge0.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 597 a8f7e7dc2da54370faf95307432ea057
petris_1.0.1.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 11400 36ce4098c5305606ebbb66641eb9cea3

Alpha architecture:

petris_1.0.1-4sarge0_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 17164 14925ee0cd40732d78d4d3267e304a6d

AMD64 architecture:

petris_1.0.1-4sarge0_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 16118 ae80ded8db7237ac7ffbd235e94583bc

ARM architecture:

petris_1.0.1-4sarge0_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 14808 710db3e851a54a5c385a691de161ec35

HP Precision architecture:

petris_1.0.1-4sarge0_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 16402 a7f392bda8179958a5cd95299865c1a5

Intel IA-32 architecture:

petris_1.0.1-4sarge0_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 15040 2efc32faf40e7402e818a088ab2ba6e2

Intel IA-64 architecture:

petris_1.0.1-4sarge0_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 19610 bea0e1a48f9159ea1ef1c291af8f7974

Motorola 680x0 architecture:

petris_1.0.1-4sarge0_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 14342 84fd7e89e8034c491df081bf562047f5

Big endian MIPS architecture:

petris_1.0.1-4sarge0_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 16488 4828a8700d380fe7fee578c4982cadc1

Little endian MIPS architecture:

petris_1.0.1-4sarge0_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 16434 3da9a116a510b2d095076015494fc72c

PowerPC architecture:

petris_1.0.1-4sarge0_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 17154 246d78ced212deb20bafdffc25b34503

IBM S/390 architecture:

petris_1.0.1-4sarge0_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 15928 bafe7066921152a84e610268031b1c3b

Sun Sparc architecture:

petris_1.0.1-4sarge0_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 14866 e7a0d84f92bbf1e57d4aef61e257fc48

-- Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid --

The vulnerability will reportedly be fixed soon.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-929

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA18362:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18362/

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