Download Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.8
Version 5.0 of the Debian GNU/Linux operating system includes a new release, which has been given 5.0.8 as the version designation. The changes are mainly security updates and bug fixes in the included packages. As usual, the update is available for various hardware platforms such as Alpha, ARM, i386, x86-64, ia64, MIPS, PowerPC, and Sparc. The announcement looks like this:
Updated Debian GNU/Linux: 5.0.8 released
The Debian project is pleased to announce the eighth update of its stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (codename lenny). This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the stable release, along with a few adjustment to serious problems.
Please note that this update does not constitute a new version of Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 but only updates some of the packages included. There is no need to throw away 5.0 CDs or DVDs but only to update via an up-to-date Debian mirror after an installation, to cause any out of date packages to be updated.
Those who frequently install updates from security.debian.org won’t have to update many packages and most updates from security.debian.org are included in this update.
New CD and DVD images containing updated packages and the regular installation media accompanied with the package archive respectively will be available soon at the regular locations.
Upgrading to this revision online is usually done by pointing the aptitude (or apt) package tool (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to one of Debian’s many FTP or HTTP mirrors. A comprehensive list of mirrors is available at http://www.debian.org/mirror/list
Miscellaneous Bug Fixes
This stable update adds a few important corrections to the following packages:
| awstats | Fix directory traversal via crafted LoadPlugin directory |
| base files | Update debian_version for the point release |
| box backup | Reduce root CA expiration date to avoid overflow in 2038 |
| git core | Fix cross-site scripting vulnerability |
| gquilt | Insecure setting of PYTHONPATH |
| hamlib | Use system libltdl rather than an internal copy vulnerable to CVE-2009-3736 |
| ia32-libs | Refresh with new packages from lenny and lenny-security |
| ia32-libs-gtk | Refresh with new packages from lenny and lenny-security |
| ldap-account-manager | Fix upgrades from lenny by dropping master password debconf question |
| libcgi-pm-perl | Fix header parsing related security issues |
| libcgi-simple-perl | Fix header parsing related security issues |
| libgadu | Fix memory corruption when removing dcc7 sessions |
| man-db | Suppress locale warnings when being run from a dpkg maintainer script |
| media wiki | Deny framing on most pages to minimize risk of clickjacking |
| movabletype-opensource | Fix various XSS and SQL security issues |
| mumble | Don’t make configuration file world-readable; delete /var/lib/mumble-server on purge |
| opensc | Protect against buffer overflow from rogue cards |
| perl | Fix header parsing related security bugs; update to Safe-2.25 |
| postgresql-8.3 | New upstream bug fix release |
| spa massage | Update list of ARIN netblock delegations to avoid false positives in RelayEval |
| splashy | Modify lsb-base-logging.sh to avoid issues if splashy is removed but not purged |
| surfraw | Update Debian security tracker URL |
| user-mode-linux | Rebuild against linux-source-2.6.26 (2.6.26-26lenny1) |
| xdigger | Fix buffer overflow errors |
Security Updates
This revision adds the following security updates to the stable release. The Security Team has already released an advisory for each of these updates:
| DSA-2110 | linux-2.6 | Several issues |
| DSA-2122 | glibc | Privilege escalation |
| DSA-2126 | linux-2.6 | Several issues |
| DSA-2127 | wireshark | Denial of service |
| DSA-2128 | libxml2 | Potential code execution |
| DSA-2129 | krb5 | Checksum verification weakness |
| DSA-2130 | bind9 | Denial of service |
| DSA-2131 | exim4 | Remote code execution |
| DSA-2132 | xulrunner | Several vulnerabilities |
| DSA-2133 | collectd | Denial of service |
| DSA-2135 | xpdf | Several vulnerabilities |
| DSA-2136 | tor | Potential code execution |
| DSA-2137 | libxml2 | Several vulnerabilities |
| DSA-2138 | wordpress | SQL injection |
| DSA-2139 | phpmyadmin | Several vulnerabilities |
| DSA-2140 | libapache2-mod-fcgid | Stack Overflow |
| DSA-2141 | apache2 | Add backward compatibility options when used with new openssl |
| DSA-2141 | nss | Protocol design flaw |
| DSA-2141 | apache2-mpm-itk | Rebuild with apache2-src 2.2.9-10+lenny9 |
| DSA-2141 | openssl | Protocol design flaw |
| DSA-2141 | lighttpd | Compatibility problem with updated openssl |
| DSA-2142 | dpkg | Directory traversal |
| DSA-2143 | mysql-dfsg-5.0 | Several vulnerabilities |
| DSA-2144 | wireshark | Buffer overflow |
| DSA-2145 | libsmi | Buffer overflow |
| DSA-2146 | mydms | Directory traversal problem |
| DSA-2147 | pimd | Insecure temporary files |
| DSA-2148 | tor | Several vulnerabilities |
Removed packages
The following packages were removed due to circumstances beyond our control:
| pytris | security issues; abandoned upstream |
| python-gendoc | broken with python>= 2.5 |
| clive | completely broken |
| gmail fs | broken due to gmail changes; abandoned upstream |
| python-libgmail | broken due to gmail changes; abandoned upstream |
| Version number | 5.0.8 |
| Release status | Final |
| Operating systems | Linux |
| Website | Debian |
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| License type | Conditions (GNU/BSD/etc.) |