Package : hylafax Vulnerability : arbitrary command execution Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2005-3539
Patrice Fournier found that hylafax passes unsanitized user data in the notify script, allowing users with the ability to submit jobs to run arbitrary commands with the privileges of the hylafax server.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.1.1-4woody1.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 4.2.1-5sarge3.
For the unstable distribution the problem has been fixed in version 4.2.4-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your hylafax 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 3.0 alias woody - --------------------------------