The Debian Security Team published a new security update for Debian GNU/Linux. Here the announcement:
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1620-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
July 27, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : python2.5
Vulnerability : several
Problem type : local(remote)
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2007-2052 CVE-2007-4965 CVE-2008-1679 CVE-2008-1721 CVE-2008-1887

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the interpreter for the
Python language. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies
the following problems:

CVE-2007-2052

Piotr Engelking discovered that the strxfrm() function of the locale
module miscalculates the length of an internal buffer, which may
result in a minor information disclosure.

CVE-2007-4965

It was discovered that several integer overflows in the imageop
module may lead to the execution of arbitrary code, if a user is
tricked into processing malformed images. This issue is also
tracked as CVE-2008-1679 due to an initially incomplete patch.

CVE-2008-1721

Justin Ferguson discovered that a buffer overflow in the zlib
module may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

CVE-2008-1887

Justin Ferguson discovered that insufficient input validation in
PyString_FromStringAndSize() may lead to the execution of arbitrary
code.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.5-5+etch1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.5.2-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your python2.5 packages.

Upgrade instructions
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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
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Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.

Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5_2.5-5+etch1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 1304 1849941ac328ba0bccc45535c5878d4d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5_2.5.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 11010528 2ce301134620012ad6dafb27bbcab7eb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5_2.5-5+etch1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 266589 dfbdc5caf7a95e68f68e0351228284d4

Architecture independent packages:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-examples_2.5-5+etch1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 643494 f922c5e48339e5b535a1f23f6e061700
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/idle-python2.5_2.5-5+etch1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 63258 4add97730079e7894abbbca4ba5659d4

alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-minimal_2.5-5+etch1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 849132 28c76f70110314eab90c8ea31d0da51e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dev_2.5-5+etch1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2065734 270d593f08cdd06cbe55bdb804a5dc43
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5_2.5-5+etch1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3596900 64d12cc349030683dc125901dff56feb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dbg_2.5-5+etch1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 6079808 4105398688a96f54fb7e043a3bd536d7

amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dbg_2.5-5+etch1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 6432058 b7e802bf4a19edfaddc28ebc06bed279
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5_2.5-5+etch1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3589530 9bbd2cea36b04746fa5437d984147f99
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dev_2.5-5+etch1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1806598 98bfee87311a8950462a9ab78c7d5719
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-minimal_2.5-5+etch1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 849650 a95eeb3b45a0a3f74e314084d581fbd6

arm architecture (ARM)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dev_2.5-5+etch1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1656006 8e8d3d3b991f317384fc1646139712d4
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-minimal_2.5-5+etch1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 781358 fbb5adac7469048405b2585475393475
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5_2.5-5+etch1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3447404 4a10cad96ef0aefc9ba916a39677b826
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dbg_2.5-5+etch1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 6017500 f727562323c21bfb371e17ef9691f8e3

hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dev_2.5-5+etch1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1984570 b083e1afffe4a93dd79ae4b8a7dca474
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5_2.5-5+etch1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3679122 cb5aa4f840a12ee13094089323f0b4f9
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-minimal_2.5-5+etch1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 887774 9cc756ce52e5380650ea754c4104c6ca
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dbg_2.5-5+etch1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 6204820 65d3c59dcb56277d838b776f0b2d5176

i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dbg_2.5-5+etch1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5989758 79d6a1ed26f230a5b092603346cd31e3
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dev_2.5-5+etch1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1676014 5d7353787ab562d03bb967732cd7bf46
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5_2.5-5+etch1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3445750 4b7b6629d5ee48d8413bd2ee7289726c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-minimal_2.5-5+etch1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 784320 f49d7ccf7cb106d200559169c4c013f2

ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-minimal_2.5-5+etch1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1176036 fbc3971fbbcc8a37b2feec8570a4fa34
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dbg_2.5-5+etch1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 6966656 ca0fe43224b9f329afac2673379ad958
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5_2.5-5+etch1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4037758 3be3cf7835a7e69b3189025edcdca799
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dev_2.5-5+etch1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2477104 a5cafad9926f58504c44f980d490d979

mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-minimal_2.5-5+etch1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 819064 263a7a9496d171874461654ecc7db26f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dev_2.5-5+etch1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1907220 2175a2f625925e95be148d62f279c210
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5_2.5-5+etch1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3525088 a257c17981d12f9f0eb0a86fde85ca71
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dbg_2.5-5+etch1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 6507214 8306549937264c9f1cf57288ae7e738b

mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5_2.5-5+etch1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3456110 1a7675c9de9abd3671786d36d3ea263f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-minimal_2.5-5+etch1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 817730 1a656308b4c158a6d0594f08132f8e16
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dbg_2.5-5+etch1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 6336980 a01b93c916c6c658747effa637bbb58d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dev_2.5-5+etch1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1896534 b2b39e4d4e79b6afa13b24beccc5ab7c

powerpc architecture (PowerPC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5_2.5-5+etch1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3590820 f419e6c0b439e8391ce118a22f66179e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-minimal_2.5-5+etch1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 843170 ae9e553f9c5e278f42bb6bc2bef215aa
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dbg_2.5-5+etch1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 6648508 512e75472dcb919d7987472f7ea1c57c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dev_2.5-5+etch1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1809928 1f43ae54d0b5836abbbfc59083d60bb4

s390 architecture (IBM S/390)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-minimal_2.5-5+etch1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 841474 9e0a8a5eaf9100fb03caa3ac77aa2d63
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dev_2.5-5+etch1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1816794 a718f4d0c010ca9686068e0bbd8ec919
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dbg_2.5-5+etch1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 6535426 4aa0738ecf30b99614440f134a2096fb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5_2.5-5+etch1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3614770 6fdb0e38779312a7a66d57e373c38a38

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dev_2.5-5+etch1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1759842 5897eefdb79bfeb3cc470959e04dcb7c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-dbg_2.5-5+etch1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5995652 13848fd47c5a9047172d246c12dee03e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5_2.5-5+etch1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3493896 d327f5fc4dbd282db977eade02c9b7eb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.5/python2.5-minimal_2.5-5+etch1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 778284 bd2ad97592529526e7c08862baf28cdc


These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.

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Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show ' and http://packages.debian.org/
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