[SECURITY] [DSA 3031-1] apt security update

Debian Security Advisory DSA-3031-1 [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
September 23, 2014 http://www.debian.org/security/faq

Package : apt
CVE ID : CVE-2014-6273

The Google Security Team discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in
the HTTP transport code in apt-get. An attacker able to
man-in-the-middle a HTTP request to an apt repository can trigger the
buffer overflow, leading to a crash of the 'http' apt method binary, or
potentially to arbitrary code execution.

Two regression fixes were included in this update:

• Fix regression from the previous update in DSA-3025-1 when the custom
  apt configuration option for Dir::state::lists is set to a relative
  path (#762160).

• Fix regression in the reverificaiton handling of cdrom: sources that
  may lead to incorrect hashsum warnings. Affected users need to run
  "apt-cdrom add" again after the update was applied.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.9.7.9+deb7u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your apt packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

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