Updated Debian 8: 8.4 released
April 2nd, 2016
The Debian project is pleased to announce the fourth 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 already published separately and are referenced where available.
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via an up-to-date Debian mirror after an installation, to cause any out of
date packages to be updated.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 a few important corrections to the following packages:
| Package | Reason |
|---|---|
| amavisd-new | Set LC_ALL before running daemon |
| amd64-microcode | Update AMD microcode patch firmware for AMD Family 15h Processors to fix bugs in prior microcode patch |
| apt | apt-pkg/algorithms.cc: Avoid stack buffer overflow in KillList |
| aptdaemon | Security fix [CVE-2015-1323] |
| ardour | Repack to remove libs/pdb/dmalloc.cc |
| base-files | Update for the point release |
| c-icap-modules | Rebuild against libclamav7 |
| cairo | Security fix [CVE-2016-3190] |
| cinnamon-settings-daemon | Fix a minor security bug (missing polkit check) |
| clamav | New upstream version; avoid unaligned memory access |
| conkeror | Fix matching of module load error messages to work with Firefox 36 |
| dansguardian | Rebuild against libclamav7 |
| debian-installer | Rebuild against proposed-updates |
| debian-installer-netboot-images | Rebuild against new debian-installer |
| dolibarr | Multiple security fixes [CVE-2015-3935 CVE-2015-8685 CVE-2016-1912] |
| espeakup | Make looking up available languages independent from file hierarchy; use Portuguese for Galician; synth.c: Fix looking up voices by language name |
| exactimage | Security fix [CVE-2015-8366] |
| fglrx-driver | libfglrx-amdxvba1: add Breaks+Replaces: xvba-va-driver (<< 0.8.0-9+deb) since we now ship fglrx_drv_video.so and xvba_drv_video.so |
| flash-kernel | Use /dev/mtdN when flashing, rather than needlessly going through the mtdblock layer (which is problematic on some platforms/kernels); use nandwrite when writing to nand flash |
| fonts-sil-andika | Really remove 65-andika.conf |
| giflib | Bail out if Width > SWidth [CVE-2015-7555] |
| glib2.0 | Rebuild against updated pcre3 to pull in security updates |
| glibc | Improve granpt when /dev/pts is not mounted with the correct options; don't build pt_chown [CVE-2013-2207] |
| gnome-shell-extension-weather | New upstream snapshot, compatible with the new API of openweathermap.org |
| gnupg | Correctly handle unknown subkey types |
| gtk+2.0 | Avoid integer overflow when allocating a large block of memory [CVE-2013-7447] |
| gummi | Update fix for predictable temporary filenames [CVE-2015-7758] to use upstream's fix |
| havp | Rebuild against libclamav7 |
| imagemagick | Security fixes |
| initramfs-tools | Add missing drivers and various bugfixes |
| installation-guide | Add QNAP TS-109, TS-209, TS-409 and TS-409U as supported models again |
| libclamunrar | Rebuild for libclamav7 |
| libdatetime-timezone-perl | Update included timezone data to tzdata 2016c |
| librsvg | Fix out-of-bounds heap read when parsing SVG file [CVE-2015-7557] |
| libsndfile | Fix denial of service through division by zero [CVE-2014-9756] and heap overflow in AIFF parser [CVE-2015-7805] |
| libvirt | Don't allow allow '/' in filesystem volume [CVE-2015-5313]; libvirt-daemon: Expect qemu-bridge-helper in /usr/lib/qemu |
| linux | Update to new upstream release 3.16.7-ckt25; add dm-service-time to multipath-modules; add support for MIPS 5KE CPU |
| mongrel2 | Comment out failing test caused by an expired certificate |
| mozilla-devscripts | Update dh_xul-ext's substvar generation for the upcoming transitions in stable from iceweasel to firefox-esr, and from icedove to thunderbird |
| nettle | Multiple security fixes [CVE-2015-8803 CVE-2015-8804 CVE-2015-8805] |
| nss-pam-ldapd | Fix issues with daemonising nslcd and avoid a race condition in signal handling during start-up; fix password policy expiration warnings; ensure proper return code of init script |
| osmo | Fix corrupt data backup on i386 |
| pagekite | Add missing build dependency python-openssl to fix test failure |
| pam | Rebuild to fix multi-arch co-installability |
| pcre3 | Fix workspace overflow for (*ACCEPT) with deeply nested parentheses [CVE-2016-3191]; fix heap buffer overflow in handling of duplicate named groups [CVE-2016-1283]; fix an issue with nested table jumps [CVE-2014-9769] |
| pgplot5 | Fix build failure by using multiarch path to zconf.h |
| php-dompdf | Fix information disclosure vulnerability [CVE-2014-5011], denial of service [CVE-2014-5012] and remote code execution [CVE-2014-5013] |
| php-mail-mime | Add missing dependency on php-pear |
| php-net-ldap2 | Fix fatal error with newer PEAR versions |
| php5 | New upstream stable release; revert PEAR version to last working version from PHP 5.6.14 |
| postgresql-9.1 | New upstream release |
| postgresql-common | pg_upgradecluster: Set default dynamic_shared_memory_type = mmap; this primarily avoids problems with upgrading existing clusters in a LXC container |
| python-clamav | Rebuild against libclamav7 |
| python-rsa | Fix possible signature forgery using Bleichenbacher'06 attack [CVE-2016-1494] |
| rdesktop | Fix sigsegv while using credssp and Kerberos without specifying domainname as argument |
| rsnapshot | Fix regression on --rsh with arguments |
| ruby-defaults | ruby: make the conflict on ruby-activesupport-2.3 versioned on (<< 2:4) to allow the transitional package to be installed |
| ruby-standalone | Install 'rubyX.Y' as a link to 'ruby' so that binaries installed by bundler work |
| ruby-tzinfo | Load iso3166.tab and zone.tab as UTF-8 |
| s3ql | Support upgrades from file systems created with the S3QL version in Debian Wheezy |
| sane-backends | Rewrite debian/saned@.service to prevent errors with network scanning; prevent start via fallback script /etc/init.d/saned |
| sitesummary | Fix hanging postinst script, dangling symlink in Apache config after removal |
| stress | Don't install info/dir.gz |
| subversion | Fix segfault when using kwallet to store authentication information |
| suckless-tools | slock: make cover window resize correctly when new screens are added or the resolution is changed while the lock is active |
| sus | Update checksum of upstream tarball |
| systemd | Make sure all swap units are ordered before the swap target. This avoids swap devices being stopped prematurely during shutdown; only skip the filesystem check for /usr if the /run/initramfs/fsck-usr flag file exists, avoiding issues when using dracut; fix --network-interface in systemd-nspawn to not fail when modifying an existing link; don't call addgroup with --quiet; debian/udev.prerm: Add missing deconfigureaction |
| torbrowser-launcher | Disable certificate pinning, to avoid issues with upcoming certificate change; prevent signature verification attack by passing both data file as well as sig file into gpg [CVE-2016-3180] |
| tzdata | New upstream release |
| unbound | Update hints for H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET |
| user-mode-linux | Rebuild against Linux kernel 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u3 |
| vsftpd | Fix config option deny_filenot always being handled correctly [CVE-2015-1419]; set the default value of tunable_listen to the same value of listen from the man page vsftpd.conf |
| whatmaps | Respect Jessie Apache package rename |
| xvba-video | xvba-va-driver as a separate package has been obsoleted by fglrx-driver 1:15.9, turn it into an empty metapackage |
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 |
|---|---|
| gnome-gmail | Broken |
| nautilus-pastebin | Unmaintained |
Debian Installer
The installer has been updated 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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