Updated Debian 7: 7.7 released
October 18th, 2014
The Debian project is pleased to announce the seventh 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via an up-to-date Debian mirror after an installation, to cause any out of
date packages to be updated.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 |
|---|---|
| at | Only retain variables whose name consists of alphanumerics and underscores, preventing jobs from failing in case bash exports functions to the environment with the changes from DSA-3035 |
| axis | Fix MITM attack on SSL caused by incomplete fix for CVE-2012-5784 [CVE-2014-3596] |
| base-files | Update for the point release |
| blender | Fix illegal hardware instruction |
| ca-certificates | Update Mozilla certificate bundle; fix certdata2pem.py for multiple CAs using the same CKA_LABEL |
| debian-archive-keyring | Add jessie stable release key |
| debian-installer | Rebuild for the point release |
| debian-installer-netboot-images | Update to 20130613+deb7u2+b3 images |
| debsums | Suppress reporting conffiles which were moved to a new package as modified in the old package |
| dwm | Fix broken patch headers |
| eglibc | Fix invalid file descriptor reuse while sending DNS query; fix stack overflow issues [CVE-2013-4357]; fix a localplt regression introduced in version 2.13-38+deb7u3 [CVE-2014-0475]; fix a memory leak with dlopen() and thread-local storage variables; re-include all documentation, accidentally broken in earlier uploads |
| exim4 | Stop unwanted double expansion of arguments to mathematical comparison operations [CVE-2014-2972] |
| flashplugin-nonfree | Fix downgrade vulnerability, update dependencies |
| foremost | Fix invalid patch header |
| getfem++ | Fix broken patch headers |
| gnubg | Fix crash on end gamewhen gnubg is run with the -t option |
| hawtjni | Fix /tmp race condition with arbitrary code execution [CVE-2013-2035] |
| ipython | Fix remote execution via cross origin websocket [CVE-2014-3429] |
| iso-scan | Do not error out when searching in folders with shell-special characters in their name |
| keyutils | Use the default compression level for xz for binary packages |
| kvpm | Fix invalid patch header |
| libdatetime-timezone-perl | New upstream release |
| libplack-perl | Avoid unintended file access due to incorrect stripping of trailing slashes from provided paths [CVE-2014-5269] |
| libsnmp-session-perl | Fix perl warnings with libsocket6-perl installed |
| linux | Update to upstream stable 3.2.63; update drm and agp to 3.4.103; udf: avoid infinite loop when processing indirect ICBs [CVE-2014-6410]; libceph: do not hard code max auth ticket len [CVE-2014-6416 CVE-2014-6417 CVE-2014-6418]; add pata_rdc to pata-modules udeb and virtio_scsi to virtio-modules udeb; sp5100_tco: reject SB8x0 chips |
| live-config | Disable SSH login at boot |
| nana | Rebuild with debhelper from wheezy to get rid of install-info calls in maintainer scripts; add dummy empty prerm script to allow upgrading the package after is not available |
| net-snmp | Fix snmpd: produces error if the Executables/scripts entries in snmpd.conf is over 50; security fixes [CVE-2014-2285 CVE-2014-3565 CVE-2012-6151] |
| netcfg | Fix support for entering an ESSID manually |
| oss-compat | Use softdep directives in the modprobe configuration; remove oss-compat.conf when removing the package |
| perl | Don't recurse infinitely in Data::Dumper [CVE-2014-4330] |
| php-getid3 | Improve fix for XXE security issue [CVE-2014-2053] |
| postgresql-8.4 | New upstream release |
| postgresql-9.1 | New upstream release |
| proftpd-dfsg | Fix overlapping buffer leading to SFTP crashes and stalls |
| qlandkartegt | Update user agent string |
| scotch | Rebuild on amd64 to correct openmpi dependency |
| supervisor | Fix restart and formatting problems with the init script |
| tor | Use correct byte order when sending the address of the chosen rendezvous point to a hidden service; update IP address for the gabelmoo v3 directory authority |
| tzdata | New upstream release |
| unattended-upgrades | Add oldstableto the list of accepted origins for security packages |
| virtinst | Unbreak virtinst with newer python-libvirt |
| wireless-regdb | New upstream release |
| witty | Fix symlink to jPlayer skin Blue Monday |
| xdg-utils | Use /bin/echo rather than echo -e in xdg-mail |
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:
Removed packages
The following packages were removed due to circumstances beyond our control:
| Package | Reason |
|---|---|
| ctn | Undistributable |
| ssdeep | Undistributable |
| dicomnifti | Depends on to-be-removed ctn |
| ctsim | Depends on to-be-removed ctn |
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
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