Package : courier-authlib Vulnerability : SQL injection Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-2380 CVE-2008-2667
Two SQL injection vulnerabilities have beein found in courier-authlib, the courier authentification library. The MySQL database interface used insufficient escaping mechanisms when constructing SQL statements, leading to SQL injection vulnerabilities if certain charsets are used (CVE-2008-2380). A similar issue affects the PostgreSQL database interface (CVE-2008-2667).
For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 0.58-4+etch2.
For the testing distribution (lenny) and the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 0.61.0-1+lenny1.
We recommend that you upgrade your courier-authlib packages.
Upgrade instructions - --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch - -------------------------------