Package : loop-aes-utils Vulnerability : privilege escalation Problem type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-2876
David Watson discoverd a bug in mount as provided by util-linux and other packages such as loop-aes-utils that allows local users to bypass filesystem access restrictions by re-mounting it read-only.
The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain loop-aes-utils packages.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.12p-4sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.12p-9.
We recommend that you upgrade your loop-aes-utils package.
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 3.1 alias sarge - --------------------------------