Updated Debian 6.0: 6.0.1 released
March 19th, 2011
The Debian project is pleased to announce the first update of its
stable distribution Debian 6.0 (codename squeeze
).
This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the stable release,
along with a few adjustment to serious problems.
Please note that this update does not constitute a new version of Debian 6.0 but only updates some of the packages included. There is no need to throw away 6.0 CDs or DVDs but only to update via an up-to-date Debian mirror after an installation, to cause any out of date packages to be updated.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 CD and DVD images containing updated packages and the regular installation media accompanied with the package archive respectively 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 |
---|---|
apt-dater | Correct syntax of default configuration file |
base-files | Update /etc/debian_version for the point release |
cdebconf | Allow the GTK frontend to be used in a window managed environment |
clamav | New upstream bugfix release |
clive | Adapt for youtube.com changes |
cmake | Rebuild upstream tarball to remove undistributable Windows build systems files |
console-setup | Fix Swiss German, Bulgarian and Swedish keymaps in the installer |
cryptsetup | Install cryptkeyctl initramfs hook; lukadmin: avoid possible race conditions by invoking udevadm settle |
dbconfig-common | Fix version sorting logic bug on upgrade files in postinst |
debian-reference | Refer to squeeze-updates rather than volatile; fix URL for Debian Mirror Checker |
debootstrap | Fix --private-key and ar usage |
deluge | Fix hang on quit |
desktop-base | Fix plymouth output in dual-screen configurations |
devscripts | Make squeeze the default backports target; add wheezy{,-ignore} tags |
eclipse | Fix XSS in help browser application |
exuberant-ctags | Use memmove rather than strcpy on overlapping strings |
ganeti | Don't break permissions of /var/lock when running gnt-node add |
gdm3 | Handle del{group,user} failures gracefully; fix grep usage; use correct names for UTF-8 locales |
gedit | Fix important mistake in the Brazilian Portuguese translation |
git | Fix escaping in gitweb, new add.ignoreErrors variable |
gnome-screensaver | Disable non-functional libnotify support |
gnumed-client | Install translations to the correct location |
grub-installer | Set debconf title to avoid reusing a previous one |
ia32-libs | Refresh packages from stable and proposed-updates |
ia32-libs-core | Refresh packages from stable and proposed-updates |
ia32-libs-gtk | Refresh packages from stable and proposed-updates |
installation-guide | Update content for squeeze |
katoob | Fix crash when setting tooltips |
kde4libs | Add a kconf_update script to migrate away from old KDE3 icon themes |
kdebase-workspace | Fix random but common krunner crashes |
kernel-wedge | Add hid-cherry and sdhci_pci modules |
kfreebsd-8 | Fix local DoS in TCP stack; emulate Catalan's middle-dot l/L characters by ASCII l/L |
kgb-bot | Fix version check to allow possible future security updates |
krusader | Properly fix problems terminating the application |
libapache-mod-jk | Ease upgrades from lenny by disabling SOCK_CLOEXEC use |
libemail-mime-createhtml-perl | Add missing dependency on libfile-policy-perl |
libvirt | Make init script statustarget exit statuses LSB-compliant to assist monitoring |
linux-2.6 | Several fixes |
linux-kernel-di-amd64-2.6 | Rebuild against linux-2.6 2.6.32-31 |
linux-kernel-di-armel-2.6 | Rebuild against linux-2.6 2.6.32-31 |
linux-kernel-di-i386-2.6 | Rebuild against linux-2.6 2.6.32-31 |
linux-kernel-di-ia64-2.6 | Rebuild against linux-2.6 2.6.32-31 |
linux-kernel-di-mips-2.6 | Rebuild against linux-2.6 2.6.32-31 |
linux-kernel-di-mipsel-2.6 | Rebuild against linux-2.6 2.6.32-31 |
linux-kernel-di-powerpc-2.6 | Rebuild against linux-2.6 2.6.32-31 |
linux-kernel-di-s390-2.6 | Rebuild against linux-2.6 2.6.32-31 |
linux-kernel-di-sparc-2.6 | Rebuild against linux-2.6 2.6.32-31 |
magpierss | Fix cross-site scripting vulnerability (CVE-2011-0740) |
mcabber | Fix crash, segfault, command-line corruption and FD leaks |
mediawiki | Fix a CSS injection vulnerability |
mediawiki-extensions | PHP 5.3 compatibility fixes for the confirmedit plugin |
nautilus | Fix crash in nautilus_file_peek_display_name() |
network-manager | Only comment out exact matches in /etc/network/interfaces; normalise keys in ifupdown parser; correctly handle device removal |
ocrodjvu | Fix upside-down generation of hocr data |
ocsigen | Add missing dependencies on lib{lwt-ssl,ocsigen-xhtml}-ocaml-dev |
pdftk | Support prompting for both owner and user passwords; allow filenames to start with odd, evenor end |
pulseaudio | Fix pacmd hanging in poll() when reading from stdin very early |
python-defaults | Use full path to Python interpreters in pycompile to ease lenny to squeeze upgrades |
samba | Missing input sanitising |
sobby | Ensure session files are writable by the sobby user |
sudo | Resolve interoperability issues between -H and HOME in env_keep |
sun-java6 | Several security fixes |
ttf-liberation | Correctly flag Liberation Mono as monospaced |
tzdata | New upstream release; update Chilean DST |
usb-modeswitch-data | Fix modeswitching lines for Huawei devices; add support for more devices |
why | Mark Squeeze's Coq version as a compatible prover |
xorg-server | Fix crashes with MCE remotes; fix rotation [nvidia]; drop support for XF86Config-4 |
xserver-xorg-video-intel | Fix null pointer dereference and SDL-related issues |
Debian Installer
The Debian Installer has been updated in this point release to correct the following issues (among others):
- the activation of squeeze-updates on installations without a network mirror caused a failure to be shown,
- the Swiss German, Bulgarian and Swedish keyboard layouts were unusable during installation and
- wait longer for disks to initialize.
Furthermore it now supports installation on the following hardware:
- QNAP TS-112, TS-212 and TS-412 (new)
- QNAP TS-419P+ (new)
- Buffalo Linkstation LiveV3 (new)
- Buffalo Linkstation Mini (new)
- iBook G4 (restored)
- Cobalt (restored)
- SPARC hardware (restored functionality using CD-ROM installation media and atyfb graphics cards)
The kernel image used by the installer has been updated to incorporate a number of important and security-related fixes together with support for additional hardware.
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:
Advisory ID | Package | Correction(s) |
---|---|---|
DSA-2157 | postgresql-8.4 | Buffer overflow |
DSA-2158 | cgiirc | Cross-site scripting flaw |
DSA-2160 | tomcat6 | Several issues |
DSA-2162 | openssl | Invalid memory access |
DSA-2163 | python-django | Cross-site scripting and CSRF protection improvements |
DSA-2163 | dajaxice | Compatibility fix for CSRF protection improvements |
DSA-2164 | shadow | Missing input sanitization |
DSA-2166 | chromium-browser | Several vulnerabilities |
DSA-2167 | phpmyadmin | SQL injection |
DSA-2168 | openafs | Several vulnerabilities |
DSA-2169 | telepathy-gabble | Missing input validation |
DSA-2170 | mailman | Several vulnerabilities |
DSA-2171 | asterisk | Buffer overflow |
DSA-2173 | pam-pgsql | Buffer overflow |
DSA-2174 | avahi | Denial of service |
DSA-2175 | samba | Missing input sanitising |
DSA-2177 | pywebdav | SQL injection |
DSA-2178 | pango1.0 | NULL pointer dereference |
DSA-2180 | iceape | Several vulnerabilities |
DSA-2182 | logwatch | Remote code execution |
DSA-2184 | isc-dhcp | Denial of service |
DSA-2185 | proftpd-dfsg | Integer overflow |
DSA-2186 | iceweasel | Several vulnerabilities |
DSA-2187 | icedove | Several vulnerabilities |
DSA-2189 | chromium-browser | Several vulnerabilities |
DSA-2190 | wordpress | Several vulnerabilities |
DSA-2192 | chromium-browser | Several vulnerabilities |
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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