Updated Debian 7: 7.4 released
February 8th, 2014
The Debian project is pleased to announce the fourth update of its
stable distribution Debian 7 (codename wheezy
).
This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the stable
release, along with a few adjustments for serious problems. Security advisories
were already published separately and are referenced where available.
Please note that this update does not constitute a new version of Debian
7 but only updates some of the packages included. There is
no need to throw away old wheezy
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via an up-to-date Debian mirror after an installation, to cause any out of
date packages to be updated.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 installation media and CD and DVD images containing updated packages 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:
Miscellaneous Bugfixes
This stable update adds a few important corrections to the following packages:
| Package | Reason |
|---|---|
| apache2 | Fix mod_rewrite log escaping (CVE-2013-1862), mod_dav denial of service (CVE-2013-1896) and segfaults in certain error conditions |
| base-files | Update for the point release |
| ctdb | Fix service stop and restart failing when trying to remove a public IP address not assigned locally |
| debian-handbook | Update for wheezy |
| debian-installer | Rebuild for the point release |
| eglibc | Several security fixes; fix SIGFPE when locale-archive has been corrupted to all zeros; kfreebsd: always put supplied extra gid as the first entry of group list in setgroups(); fix sys_ktimer_settime |
| gatling | Restore compatibility with PolarSSL security update |
| gnash | Fix playing youtube movies using the ffmpeg media handler |
| kexec-tools | Handle x.y kernel versions |
| kfreebsd-8 | Several security fixes |
| kfreebsd-9 | Disable VIA hardware RNG by default; fix lseek ENXIO error condition with ZFS |
| lazr.restfulclient | Fix some concurrency issues |
| libapache2-mod-rpaf | Restore accidentally dropped IPv6 patch |
| libglib-object-introspection-perl | Fix incorrect memory allocation that causes segfaults in reverse-dependencies |
| libhtml-formhandler-perl | Fix FTBFS |
| libmicrohttpd | Various security issues |
| libnet-mac-vendor-perl | Fix FTBFS due to failing t/fetch_oui.t test |
| libotr | Disable insecure OTRv1 protocol |
| linux | Update to stable 3.2.54; update drm, agp to 3.4.76; fix CVE-2013-4579, CVE-2013-6368, CVE-2014-1446 |
| localepurge | Fix CVE-2014-1638, unsafe tempfile creation |
| lxc | Use latest upstream provided lxc-debian; add rsync to Recommends |
| mapserver | Fix CVE-2013-7262, an SQL injection vulnerability in the msPostGISLayerSetTimeFilter function |
| nut | Reset USB timeout to standard 5 seconds |
| openssl | Enable assembler for the arm targets; enable ec_nistp_64_gcc_128 on *-amd64 |
| pdns | Fix lengths of the records.content and supermasters.ip columns |
| ruby-gsl | Remove non-free documentation |
| ruby-opengl | Remove example with unclear license |
| rush | Fix CVE-2013-6889, file access escalation |
| samhain | Disable dnmalloc for all architectures expect those known to work; fix mail sending from default configuration |
| spip | Fix XSS on signature from author [CVE-2013-7303] |
| tuxguitar | Update list of supported xulrunner versions |
| tzdata | New upstream release |
| user-mode-linux | Rebuild against Linux kernel 3.2.54-2 |
| vips | Fix crash on TIFF with JPEG compression |
| wget | Add support for SNI |
| whois | New upstream release; update various TLDs |
| xfce4-weather-plugin | Fix abort when <hi> element is empty |
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:
| Advisory ID | Package | Correction(s) |
|---|---|---|
| DSA-2749 | asterisk | Multiple issues |
| DSA-2757 | wordpress | Multiple issues |
| DSA-2793 | libav | Multiple issues |
| DSA-2812 | samba | Multiple issues |
| DSA-2813 | gimp | Multiple issues |
| DSA-2814 | varnish | Denial of service |
| DSA-2815 | munin | Denial of service |
| DSA-2816 | php5 | Multiple issues |
| DSA-2817 | libtar | Multiple integer overflows |
| DSA-2818 | mysql-5.5 | Multiple issues |
| DSA-2820 | nspr | Integer overflow |
| DSA-2821 | gnupg | Side channel attack |
| DSA-2822 | xorg-server | Integer underflow |
| DSA-2823 | pixman | Integer underflow |
| DSA-2824 | curl | Unchecked TLS/SSL certificate host name |
| DSA-2825 | wireshark | Multiple issues |
| DSA-2826 | denyhosts | Remote denial of ssh service |
| DSA-2827 | libcommons-fileupload-java | Arbitrary file upload via deserialization |
| DSA-2829 | hplip | Multiple issues |
| DSA-2830 | ruby-i18n | Cross-site scripting |
| DSA-2831 | puppet | Insecure temporary files |
| DSA-2832 | memcached | Multiple issues |
| DSA-2833 | openssl | Multiple issues |
| DSA-2834 | typo3-src | Multiple issues |
| DSA-2835 | asterisk | Buffer overflow |
| DSA-2836 | devscripts | Arbitrary code execution |
| DSA-2837 | openssl | Programming error |
| DSA-2838 | libxfont | Buffer overflow |
| DSA-2839 | spice | Denial of service |
| DSA-2840 | srtp | Buffer overflow |
| DSA-2841 | movabletype-opensource | Cross-site scripting |
| DSA-2842 | libspring-java | Multiple issues |
| DSA-2843 | graphviz | Buffer overflow |
| DSA-2846 | libvirt | Multiple issues |
| DSA-2847 | drupal7 | Multiple issues |
| DSA-2849 | curl | Information disclosure |
| DSA-2850 | libyaml | Heap-based buffer overflow |
Removed packages
The following packages were removed due to circumstances beyond our control:
| Package | Reason |
|---|---|
| iceape | Security support removed |
Debian Installer
The installer has been rebuilt to include the fixes incorporated into stable by the point release.URLs
The complete lists of packages that have changed with this revision:
The current stable distribution:
Proposed updates to the stable distribution:
stable distribution information (release notes, errata etc.):
Security announcements and information:
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Contact Information
For further information, please visit the Debian web pages at https://www.debian.org/, send mail to <press@debian.org>, or contact the stable release team at <debian-release@lists.debian.org>.