Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 20:05:07 -0700 From: debian-security-announce@LISTS.DEBIAN.ORG Reply-To: security@debian.org Subject: Subject: [SECURITY] New version of kernel-image for sparc fixes DoS attack -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- As is widely known by now the Linux 2.2.x kernels had a problem with parsing IP options, which made them susceptible to a DoS attack. The Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 release for the Sun sparc architecture uses such a kernel. If you are using such a system and haven't upgraded the kernel yourself, we recommend that you upgrade your kernel-image package immediately. If you have a sun4u system please use kernel-image-2.2.9-sun4u, otherwise use the normal kernel-image-2.2.9 package. wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 alias slink - -------------------------------- This version of Debian was released only for Intel, the Motorola 680x0, the alpha and the Sun sparc architecture. Sun Sparc architecture: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/binary-sparc/kernel-headers-2.2.9_2.2.9-2_sparc.deb MD5 checksum: 2d8724b357c1444741f2fdd626e38615 http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/binary-sparc/kernel-image-2.2.9-sun4u_2.2.9-2_sparc.deb MD5 checksum: bbff1631f05124fed467d833276f8d68 http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/binary-sparc/kernel-image-2.2.9_2.2.9-2_sparc.deb MD5 checksum: 7c9e15ae2c7de1d84928660b964906ad These files will be copied into ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/*/binary-sparc/ soon. Please note you can also use apt to always get the latest security updates. To do so add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable updates - -- Debian GNU/Linux . Security Managers . security@debian.org debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org Christian Hudon . Wichert Akkerman . Martin Schulze . . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQB1AwUBN1xhp6jZR/ntlUftAQHsKQL+NFpuuWWM2zJVTqLh0/0eIXIggpEaTpch E/1wVfw59s+YmifKWupA9XYMy6ayjab6YDSnUHoD5drvKmWVLQEOdwJN58bbwWhy EB69UmUtGi86aKZ5791u4Kn9nWLfWw1C =PVkK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-security-announce-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org