Updated Debian 9: 9.3 released
December 9th, 2017
The Debian project is pleased to announce the third update of its
stable distribution Debian 9 (codename stretch
).
This point release mainly adds corrections for security issues,
along with a few adjustments for serious problems. Security advisories
have already been published separately and are referenced where available.
Please note that the point release does not constitute a new version of Debian
9 but only updates some of the packages included. There is
no need to throw away old stretch
media. After installation,
packages can be upgraded to the current versions using an up-to-date Debian
mirror.
Those who frequently install updates from security.debian.org won't have to update many packages, and most such updates are included in the point release.
New installation images will be available soon at the regular locations.
Upgrading an existing installation to this revision can be achieved by pointing the package management system at one of Debian's many 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 |
|---|---|
| abiword | Fix flickering |
| base-files | Update for the point release |
| berusky | Fix startup crash with certain video card configurations |
| charmtimetracker | Fix missing binary dependency on libqt5sql5-sqlite |
| corebird | Increase maximum length of tweet to 280 characters |
| dbus | When parsing dbus-daemon configuration, don't delay startup if high-quality entropy is not yet available; when using the Monitoring interface, match message filters that specify a destination correctly; increase listen() backlog of AF_UNIX sockets to the maximum possible, minimizing failed connections under heavy load |
| debian-edu-doc | Merge stretch related documentation and translation updates from unstable and the wiki; documentation/common/edu.css.xml: improve HTML manual readability |
| debian-installer | Rebuild for the point release |
| dehydrated | Update subscriber license agreement URL |
| doit | Add Breaks: nikola (<< 7.6.0-1~) to ensure its removal on upgrades from jessie |
| eclipse-titan | Rebuild against current stretch GCC |
| fig2dev | Add input sanitisation on FIG files [CVE-2017-16899]; sanitize input of fill patterns |
| flickcurl | Fix oauth token fetching; prevent double free corruption during authentication |
| flightgear | Prevent malicious add-ons from overriding arbitrary files [CVE-2017-13709] |
| ganeti | Backport upstream support for non-DSA SSH keys; fix failover from dead nodes when using extstorage; fix instance import/export/move with current socat versions |
| gdm3 | Backport several patches to fix XDMCP support |
| getmail4 | Fix issue related to malformed fingerprints |
| grok | Fix pointer aliasing bug; libgrok-dev: add missing dependencies on libgrok1 and libtokyocabinet-dev |
| gunicorn | Drop unnecessary Pre-Dependson dpkg-dev which was causing gunicorn and python-gunicorn to bring in a compiler as a dependency |
| icu | Fix double free in createMetazoneMappings() [CVE-2017-14952] |
| inn2 | [i386] Rebuild to pick up correct path to gzip binary |
| iproute2 | Fix segfault in tcwith iptables 1.6 |
| jdcal | Fix Python3 dependencies |
| kde-gtk-config | Fix preview buttons in KDE-GTK-config UI |
| lasi | liblasi-dev: add missing dependencies on libpango1.0-dev and libfreetype6-dev |
| libdatetime-timezone-perl | Update included data |
| libdbd-firebird-perl | Fix fetching of decimal(x,y) values between -1 and 0 |
| libdbi | Re-enable error handler call in dbi_result_next_row() |
| liblog-log4perl-perl | Work around Perl 5.24 no longer allowing syswrite and utf8 together |
| liblouis | Fix buffer overflow and use-after-free issues [CVE-2017-13738 CVE-2017-13739 CVE-2017-13740 CVE-2017-13741 CVE-2017-13742 CVE-2017-13743 CVE-2017-13744] |
| libmpd | libmpd-dev: Add the missing dependency on libglib2.0-dev |
| libofx | Security fixes [CVE-2017-2816 CVE-2017-14731] |
| libxkbcommon | libxkbcommon-x11-dev: add missing dependency on libxkbcommon-dev |
| libxsettings-client | Add missing libxsettings-client-dev -> libxsettings-dev dependency |
| linux | xen/time: do not decrease steal time after live migration on xen; new stable kernel version 4.9.65 |
| live-config | Configure autologin for KDE / Plasma live images |
| lxc | Don't hardcode list of valid Debian releases, allowing the creation of containers for stable, buster, testing and unstable; don't insert C.* locales into /etc/locale.gen |
| mongodb | Fix segfault/FTBFS on ARM64 with 48-bit virtual addresses, spidermonkey GC segfault when built with GCC 6; mongodb.service: start after network.target |
| openssh | Test configuration before starting or reloading sshd under systemd; adjust compatibility patterns for WinSCP to correctly identify versions that implement only the legacy DH group exchange scheme; make --before the hostname terminate argument processing after the hostname too |
| pdns | Fix incorrect qname casing in NSEC3 generation; add missing check on API operations [CVE-2017-15091] |
| pdns-recursor | Security fixes: insufficient validation of DNSSEC signatures [CVE-2017-15090]; Cross-Site Scripting in the web interface [CVE-2017-15092]; configuration file injection in the API [CVE-2017-15093]; memory leak in DNSSEC parsing [CVE-2017-15094] |
| postgresql-9.6 | Upstream bugfix release |
| publicsuffix | Update included data |
| pyosmium | Upstream bugfix release: handler functions not called when using replication service or when using Reader instead of file |
| python-diff-match-patch | Add missing python3 dependency on Python 3 package |
| python-inflect | Fix Python 3 dependencies |
| python-tablib | Safely load YAML [CVE-2017-2810] |
| python2.7 | Fix integer overflow in PyString_DecodeEscape [CVE-2017-1000158]; support all groups in TLS communication |
| qtcurve | Fix crashes by using strncmp() instead of memcmp() |
| ruby-httparty | Relax dependency version in gem dependency on json |
| ruby-ox | Avoid crash with invalid XML passed to Oj.parse_obj() [CVE-2017-15928] |
| ruby-pygments.rb | Avoid closing too many files when mentos starts, which can cause build failures in other packages on slower systems |
| schroot | Fix bash completion file; add systemd service file with Type=oneshot to avoid timeout issues with too many open sessions |
| simutrans | Enable sound for simutrans again. Switch from SDL to mixer_sdl backend |
| sitesummary | Adjust nagios kernel version checking module to work with 4.x kernels |
| slic3r | Fix missing dependency on perlapi-* |
| spamassassin | Disable bb.barracudacentral.org; update the systemd unit file to use the same pid file as was used in the sysvinit script; update systemd unit dependencies to include network and syslog; fix inappropriate invocation of invoke-rc.d in cron script |
| sqldeveloper-package | Fix build failure |
| sqlite3 | Fix heap-based buffer over-read via undersized RTree blobs [CVE-2017-10989] |
| syslinux | Fix btrfs logical to physical block address mapping; fix boot problem for old BIOS firmware by correct C/H/S order; support ext4 64bit feature |
| tdbcodbc | Fix bug in ODBC library search |
| tor | Add Bastetdirectory authority; fix a timing-based assertion failure; update geoip and geoip6 to the October 4 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2 country database |
| tzdata | New upstream release |
| udftools | Fix path to pktsetup in udftools init script |
| weechat | logger: call strftime before replacing buffer local variables[CVE-2017-14727] |
| xml2 | Fix corruption when dealing with UTF-8 files, usage string for 2csv tool |
| xrdp | Fix high CPU load on SSL shutdown |
| zsh | Rebuild to pull in updated libraries for zsh-static |
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 |
|---|---|
| libnet-ping-external-perl | Unmaintained, security issues |
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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