secure testing announce - Sep 2005 - [DTSA-9-1] New bluez-utils packages fix bad device name escaping

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Debian Testing Security Advisory DTSA-9-1     http://secure-testing.debian.net
secure-testing-team@lists.alioth.debian.org                          Joey Hess
August 31st, 2005
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Package        : bluez-utils
Vulnerability  : bad device name escaping
Problem-Scope  : remote
Debian-specific: No
CVE ID         : CAN-2005-2547 

A bug in bluez-utils allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands
via shell metacharacters in the Bluetooth device name when invoking the PIN
helper.

For the testing distribution (etch) this is fixed in version
2.19-0.1etch1

For the unstable distribution (sid) this is fixed in version
2.19-1

This upgrade is recommended if you use bluez-utils.

The Debian testing security team does not track security issues for then
stable (sarge) and oldstable (woody) distributions. If stable is vulnerable,
the Debian security team will make an announcement once a fix is ready.

Upgrade Instructions
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To use the Debian testing security archive, add the following lines to
your /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-security-updates
etch-proposed-updates/security-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-security-updates
etch-proposed-updates/security-updates main contrib non-free

The archive signing key can be downloaded from
http://secure-testing.debian.net/ziyi-2005-7.asc

To install the update, run this command as root:

apt-get update && apt-get install bluez-utils

For further information about the Debian testing security team, please refer
to http://secure-testing.debian.net/
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