Updated Debian 8: 8.3 released
January 23rd, 2016
The Debian project is pleased to announce the third update of its
stable distribution Debian 8 (codename jessie
).
This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the stable
release, along with a few adjustments for serious problems. Security advisories
were published separately and are referenced where applicable.
Please note that this update does not constitute a new version of Debian
8 but only updates some of the packages included. There is
no need to throw away old jessie
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via an up-to-date Debian mirror after an installation, to cause any out of
date packages to be updated.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 important corrections to the following packages:
| Package | Reason |
|---|---|
| android-platform-frameworks-base | [i386] rebuild to fix dependency on android-libhost |
| apache2 | Fix split-logfile to work with current perl, secondary-init-script to not source the main init script with 'set -e', tests on deferred MPM switch; add versioned Replaces / Breaks for libapache2-mod-macro |
| apt | Hide first pdiff merge failure debug message; fix marking of deps of pkgs in APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections as manual; do not parse Status fields from remote sources |
| apt-dater-host | Fix kernel version detection |
| apt-offline | Add missing dependency on python-apt |
| arb | Skip compiler version check |
| augeas | HTTPD lense: include /etc/apache2/conf-available directory, allow EOL comments after section tags |
| base-files | Update for the 8.3 point release; os-release: drop trailing slash in SUPPORT_URL variable |
| bcfg2 | Support Django 1.7 |
| ben | Fix buildd.debian.org compact links; ignore potential errors when deleting lock file; call dose-debcheck with --deb-native-arch |
| ca-certificates | Update Mozilla certificate authority bundle to version 2.6 |
| ceph | URL-encode bucket name [CVE-2015-5245] |
| charybdis | Security fix [CVE-2015-5290]; initialise gnutls properly |
| chrony | Build depend on libcap-dev, to allow dropping of privileges |
| commons-httpclient | Ensure HTTPS calls use http.socket.timeout during SSL Handshake [CVE-2015-5262] |
| cpuset | Update filesystem namespace prefix patch |
| curlftpfs | Avoid unsafe cast for getpass() on 64-bit architectures |
| dbconfig-common | Fix permissions of PostgreSQL backup files |
| debian-handbook | Update for Jessie |
| debian-installer | Re-introduce installer images for QNAP TS-x09; provide u-boot images for plug computers; add the part_gpt module into the core grub image; add beep to UEFI x86 boot menu; add 's' shortcut for speech to UEFI x86 boot menu; exclude usb-serial-modules from the armel network-console image and usb-modules explicitly on armel/orion5x network-console; drop the file extension from the initrd for QNAP devices; adjust p-u support to handle file:// instead of (f|ht)tp:// only |
| debian-installer-netboot-images | Rebuild for the point release |
| docbook2x | Do not install info/dir.gz files |
| doctrine | Fix directory permissions issue [CVE-2015-5723] |
| drbd-utils | Fix drbdadm adjust with IPv6 peer addresses |
| ejabberd | Fix broken LDAP queries |
| exfat-utils | Fix buffer overflow and infinite loop |
| exim4 | Fix some MIME ACL related crashes; fix a bug causing duplicate deliveries, especially on TLS connections |
| fglrx-driver | New upstream release; fix security issue [CVE-2015-7724] |
| file | Fix --parameter handling |
| flash-kernel | Avoid waiting for Ctrl-C if any debconf frontend is in use |
| fuse-exfat | Fix buffer overflow and infinite loop |
| ganglia-modules-linux | Only restart the ganglia service after installation if it was previously running |
| getmail4 | Set poplib._MAXLINE=1MB |
| glance | Prevent image status being directly modified via v1 API [CVE-2015-5251] |
| glibc | Fix getaddrinfo sometimes returning uninitialized data with nscd; fix data corruption while reading the NSS files database [CVE-2015-5277]; fix buffer overflow (read past end of buffer) in internal_fnmatch; fix _IO_wstr_overflow integer overflow; fix unexpected closing of nss_files databases after lookups, causing denial of service [CVE-2014-8121]; fix NSCD netgroup cache; unconditionally disable LD_POINTER_GUARD; mangle function pointers in tls_dtor_list; fix memory allocations issues that can lead to buffer overflows on the stack; update TSX blacklist to also include some Broadwell CPUs |
| gnome-orca | Ensure correct focus on password entry, so characters are not echoed |
| gnome-shell-extension-weather | Display a warning if API key has not been supplied by the user, since querying openweathermap.org no longer works without such a key |
| gummi | Avoid predictable naming of temporary files [CVE 2015-7758] |
| human-icon-theme | debian/clean-up.sh: do not run processes in background |
| ieee-data | Update included data files, adding mam.txt and oui36.txt; stop downloading via HTTPS, as neither wget nor curl support TLS AIA, as now used by standards.ieee.org |
| intel-microcode | Update included microcode |
| iptables-persistent | Stop rules files being world-readable; rewrite README |
| isc-dhcp | Fix error when maximum lease time is used on 64-bit systems |
| keepassx | Fix storage of passwords in clear text [CVE-2015-8378] |
| libapache-mod-fastcgi | Switch B-D from libtool to libtool-bin to fix build failure |
| libapache2-mod-perl2 | Fix crashes in modperl_interp_unselect() |
| libcgi-session-perl | Untaint raw data coming from session storage backends, fixing a regression caused by CVE-2015-8607 fixes in perl |
| libdatetime-timezone-perl | New upstream release |
| libencode-perl | Correctly handle a lack of BOM when decoding |
| libhtml-scrubber-perl | Fix cross-site scripting vulnerability in comments [CVE-2015-5667] |
| libinfinity | Fix possible crashes when an entry is removed from the document browser and when access control lists are enabled |
| libiptables-parse-perl | Fix use of predictable names for temporary files [CVE-2015-8326] |
| libraw | Fix index overflow in smal_decode_segment [CVE-2015-8366]; fix memory objects are not initialized properly [CVE-2015-8367] |
| libssh | Fix null pointer dereference due to a logical error in the handling of a SSH_MSG_NEWKEYS and KEXDH_REPLY packets[CVE-2015-3146] |
| linux | Update to upstream release 3.16.7-ctk20; nbd: restore request timeout detection; [x86] enable PINCTRL_BAYTRAIL; [mips*/octeon] enable CAVIUM_CN63XXP1; firmware_class: fix condition in directory search loop; [x86] KVM: svm: unconditionally intercept #DB [CVE-2015-8104] |
| linux-tools | Add new hyperv-daemons package |
| lldpd | Fix a segfault and an assertion error when receiving incorrectly formed LLDP management addresses |
| madfuload | Use autoreconf -fi to fix build failure with automake 1.14 |
| mdadm | Disable incremental assembly, as it can cause issues booting a degraded RAID |
| mkvmlinuz | Direct run-parts output to stderr |
| monit | Fix umask-related regression from 5.8.1 |
| mpm-itk | Fix an issue where closing of connections was attempted in the parent. This would result in Connection: closenot being honoured, and various odd effects with SSL keepalive in certain browsers |
| multipath-tools | Fix discovery of devices with blank sysfs attribute; add documentation to cover additional friendly names scenarios; init: fix stop failure when no root device is found; use 'SCSI_IDENT_.*' as the default property whitelist |
| netcfg | Fix is_layer3_qeth on s390x to avoid bailing out if the network driver is not qeth |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers | New upstream release [CVE-2015-5950]; fix Unsanitized User Mode Input issue [CVE-2015-7869] |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-304xx | New upstream release; fix unsanitized User Mode Input issue [CVE-2015-7869] |
| nvidia-graphics-modules | Rebuild against nvidia-kernel-source 340.96 |
| openldap | Fix a crash when adding a large attribute value with the auditlog overlay enabled |
| openvpn | Add --no-block to if-up.d script to avoid hanging boot on interfaces with openvpn instances |
| owncloud | Fix local file inclusion on Microsoft Windows Platform [CVE-2015-4716], resource exhaustion when sanitizing filenames [CVE-2015-4717], command injection when using external SMB storage [CVE-2015-4718], calendar export: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key [CVE-2015-6670]; fix reflected XSS in OCS provider discovery [oc-sa-2016-001] [CVE-2016-1498], disclosure of files that begin with \.v\due to unchecked return value [oc-sa-2016-003] [CVE-2016-1500], information exposure via directory listing in the file scanner [oc-sa-2016-002] [CVE-2016-1499], installation path disclosure through error message [oc-sa-2016-004] [CVE-2016-1501] |
| pam | Fix DoS / user enumeration due to blocking pipe in pam_unix [CVE-2015-3238] |
| pcre3 | Fix security issues [CVE-2015-2325 CVE-2015-2326 CVE-2015-3210 CVE-2015-5073 CVE-2015-8384 CVE-2015-8388] |
| pdns | Fix upgrades with default configuration |
| perl | Correctly handle a lack of BOM when decoding |
| php-auth-sasl | Rebuild with pkg-php-tools 1.28 to correct PHP dependencies |
| php-doctrine-annotations | Fix directory permissions issue [CVE-2015-5723] |
| php-doctrine-cache | Fix file / directory permissions issue [CVE-2015-5723] |
| php-doctrine-common | Fix file permissions issue [CVE-2015-5723] |
| php-dropbox | Refuse to handle any files containing an @ [CVE-2015-4715] |
| php-mail-mimedecode | Rebuild with pkg-php-tools 1.28 to correct PHP dependencies |
| php5 | New upstream release |
| plowshare4 | Disable Javascript support |
| postgresql-9.1 | New upstream release |
| pykerberos | Add KDC authenticity verification support [CVE-2015-3206] |
| python-yaql | Remove broken python3-yaql package |
| qpsmtpd | Fix compatibility issue with newer Net::DNS versions |
| quassel | Fix remote DoS in quassel core, using /op * command [CVE-2015-8547] |
| redis | Ensure that a valid runtime directory is created when running under systemd |
| redmine | Fix upgrades when there are locally-installed plugins; fix moving issues across projects |
| rsyslog | Fix crash in imfile module when using inotify mode; prevent a segfault in dynafile creation |
| ruby-bson | Fix DoS and possible injection [CVE-2015-4410] |
| s390-dasd | If no channel is found, exit cleanly. This allows s390-dasd to step out of the way on VMs with virtio disks |
| shadow | Fix error handling in busy user detection |
| sparse | Fix build failure with llvm-3.5 |
| spip | Fix cross-site scripting issue |
| stk | Install missing SKINI.{msg,tbl} include files |
| sus | Update checksums for upstream tarball |
| swift | Fix unauthorized delete of versioned Swift object [CVE-2015-1856]; fix information leak via Swift tempurls [CVE-2015-5223]; fix service name of object-expirer in init script; add container-sync init script; standardiseuser addition |
| systemd | Fix namespace breakage due to incorrect path sorting; don't timeout after 90 seconds when no password was entered for cryptsetup devices; only set the kernel's timezone when the RTC runs in local time, avoiding possible jumps backward in time; fix incorrect handling of comma separator in systemd-delta; make DHCP broadcast behaviour configurable in systemd-networkd |
| tangerine-icon-theme | debian/clean-up.sh: do not run processes in background |
| torbrowser-launcher | Really apply patches from 0.1.9-1+deb8u1; stop confining start-tor-browser script with AppArmor; set usr.bin.torbrowser-launcher AppArmor profiles to complain mode |
| ttylog | Fix truncation of device name when selecting device |
| tzdata | New upstream release |
| uqm | Add missing -lm flag, fixing build failure |
| vlc | New upstream stable release |
| webkitgtk | New upstream stable release; fix late TLS certificate verification[CVE-2015-2330] |
| wxmaxima | Prevent crash on encountering parenthesis in dialogues |
| zendframework | Fix entropy issue with captcha [ZF2015-09] |
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 |
|---|---|
| core-network | Security issues |
| elasticsearch | No longer supported |
| googlecl | Broken due to relying on obsolete APIs |
| libnsbmp | Security issues, unmaintained |
| libnsgif | Security issues, unmaintained |
| vimperator | Incompatible with newer iceweasel versions |
Debian Installer
The installer has been updated to re-introduce support for QNAP TS-x09 devices and 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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