Debian Security Advisory DSA 2953-1 (dpkg - security update)

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in dpkg that allow file modification through path traversal when unpacking source packages with specially crafted patch files. This update had been scheduled before the end of security support for the oldstable distribution squeeze, hence an exception has...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2915-1 (dpkg - security update)

Jakub Wilk discovered that dpkg did not correctly parse C-style filename quoting, allowing for paths to be traversed when unpacking a source package - leading to the creation of files outside the directory of the source being unpacked. The update to the stable distribution wheezy incorporates...