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Debian Stable Updates Announcement SUA 89-1       https://www.debian.org/
[email protected]                          Adam D. Barratt
January 18th, 2016
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Upcoming Debian 8 Update (8.3)

An update to Debian 8 is scheduled for Saturday, January 23rd, 2016. As of
now it will include the following bug fixes. They can be found in
"jessie-proposed-updates", which is carried by all official mirrors.

Please note that packages published through security.debian.org are not
listed, but will be included if possible. Some of the updates below are
also already available through "jessie-updates".

Testing and feedback would be appreciated. Bugs should be filed in the
Debian Bug Tracking System, but please make the Release Team aware of
them by copying "[email protected]" on your mails.

The point release will also include a rebuild of debian-installer.

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 archs
  dbconfig-common                       Fix permission 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
  docbook2x                             Do not install info/dir.gz files
  doctrine                              Fix security misconfiguration 
vulnerability [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 is 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 max 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 FTBFS
  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 intialized 
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 FTBFS 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, resulting in "Connection: close" not 
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  Update to new upstream version; fix 
unsanitized User Mode Input [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 MS 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 security misconfiguration 
vulnerability [CVE-2015-5723]
  php-doctrine-cache                    Fix security misconfiguration 
vulnerability [CVE-2015-5723]
  php-doctrine-common                   Fix security misconfiguration 
vulnerability [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; "standardise" user 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                                   Fix missing -lm
  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]

A complete list of all accepted packages together with
rationale is on the preparation page for this revision:

  <https://release.debian.org/proposed-updates/stable.html>

Removed packages
----------------

The following packages will be 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


If you encounter any issues, please don't hesitate to get in touch with
the Debian Release Team at "[email protected]".

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