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TITLE:
Debian update for syslog-ng

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28483

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28483/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From local network

OPERATING SYSTEM:
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 syslog-ng. This fixes a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a
DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA28118

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

-- Debian 4.0 (stable) --

Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/syslog-ng/syslog-ng_2.0.0-1etch1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 630 0c4d7f9fe291909962a6b5ef92eca5e4
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/syslog-ng/syslog-ng_2.0.0.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 346056 6ea55c647dcbd3d58a58b8d90f7ea300
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/syslog-ng/syslog-ng_2.0.0-1etch1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 10487 a1411ff4c12a79a915ba7e27d9ce79ba

alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/syslog-ng/syslog-ng_2.0.0-1etch1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 216072 c1eb157b2bd909ee23c7443b602b5446

amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/syslog-ng/syslog-ng_2.0.0-1etch1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 199956 393ba6fe859eb97fea6bbe95fdafc54f

arm architecture (ARM)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/syslog-ng/syslog-ng_2.0.0-1etch1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 182992 5566905c2821adc329617626eae19b5c

hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/syslog-ng/syslog-ng_2.0.0-1etch1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 204112 c3d2f3d7f4878330f70cd7842c8e6bc1

i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/syslog-ng/syslog-ng_2.0.0-1etch1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 177118 cfe45722a293c23a72b6791f1ac30549

ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/syslog-ng/syslog-ng_2.0.0-1etch1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 271682 fbd2a41a0d894a261ac44d5d6ed28208

mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/syslog-ng/syslog-ng_2.0.0-1etch1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 203130 92d7ec89d158491a80629f8a75a3f8cb

mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/syslog-ng/syslog-ng_2.0.0-1etch1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 203422 56cfd580b06ee59a92121cd8a17c52f3

powerpc architecture (PowerPC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/syslog-ng/syslog-ng_2.0.0-1etch1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 189374 01053f541ef4eb99dcfe7023e4f0e7fb

s390 architecture (IBM S/390)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/syslog-ng/syslog-ng_2.0.0-1etch1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 201736 9921207160c7d67b7f0cf5b8571054c7

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/syslog-ng/syslog-ng_2.0.0-1etch1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 176494 327ce3c41678d0a54f4d37e97ef9d411

-- Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid --

Fixed in version 2.0.6-1.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/debian-security-announce-2008/msg00022.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA28118:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28118/

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