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TITLE:
Debian update for man-db

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24828

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24828/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
http://secunia.com/product/5307/
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
http://secunia.com/product/13844/
Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid
http://secunia.com/product/530/

DESCRIPTION:
Debian has issued an update for man-db. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.

For more information:
SA24801

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

-- Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge --

Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.4.2.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 730134 15855f899a76aa302c83ffec81526ab4
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.4.2-21sarge1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 673 add0d09882262adb0cbbde6845af0fbb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.4.2-21sarge1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 104832 c5befcaee1865b8582d7bbe8ac21f537

alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.4.2-21sarge1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 641194 92131ea27cf1f17fcdaaea36accfa930

amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.4.2-21sarge1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 607660 464ca88aca62d8cd8ee84072993ce0f7

arm architecture (ARM)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.4.2-21sarge1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 559372 1d5563046ce831b2b7088caa044694de

hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.4.2-21sarge1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 609530 efa1144900b1ee014dd93eb5fb1bf223

i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.4.2-21sarge1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 579774 feb44785cde0c8f64cd22f35aa674ab8

ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.4.2-21sarge1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 687208 1400e1e708ec327de4517557de51eca3

m68k architecture (Motorola Mc680x0)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.4.2-21sarge1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 544688 d9bd8753aeaf7ceaa7ff29903085ca33

mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.4.2-21sarge1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 609644 b8cc5d9b03e70a2bf671983a31d858ba

mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.4.2-21sarge1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 611036 6e3cf522a309f851111ce579d1985c83

powerpc architecture (PowerPC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.4.2-21sarge1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 602320 05dac7703f16fde62ecf61f07e8ecf97

s390 architecture (IBM S/390)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.4.2-21sarge1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 600014 a9d162c3c25869260895ada582042e95

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.4.2-21sarge1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 574580 ee5ab4089c0ff87d3f976f82b4e01c27

-- Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch and unstable alias sid --

Fixed in version 2.4.3-5.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1278

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA24801:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24801/

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