Updated Debian 12: 12.5 released
February 10th, 2024
The Debian project is pleased to announce the fifth update of its
stable distribution Debian 12 (codename bookworm
).
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
12 but only updates some of the packages included. There is
no need to throw away old bookworm
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 |
|---|---|
| apktool | Prevent arbitrary file writes with malicious resource names [CVE-2024-21633] |
| atril | Fix crash when opening some epub files; fix index loading for certain epub documents; add fallback for malformed epub files in check_mime_type; use libarchive instead of external command for extracting documents [CVE-2023-51698] |
| base-files | Update for the 12.5 point release |
| caja | Fix desktop rendering artifacts after resolution changes; fix use of informaldate format |
| calibre | Fix HTML Input: Don't add resources that exist outside the folder hierarchy rooted at the parent folder of the input HTML file by default[CVE-2023-46303] |
| compton | Remove recommendation of picom |
| cryptsetup | cryptsetup-initramfs: Add support for compressed kernel modules; cryptsetup-suspend-wrapper: Don't error out on missing /lib/systemd/system-sleep directory; add_modules(): Change suffix drop logic to match initramfs-tools |
| debian-edu-artwork | Provide an Emerald theme based artwork for Debian Edu 12 |
| debian-edu-config | New upstream release |
| debian-edu-doc | Update included documentation and translations |
| debian-edu-fai | New upstream release |
| debian-edu-install | New upstream release; fix security sources.list |
| debian-installer | Increase Linux kernel ABI to 6.1.0-18; rebuild against proposed-updates |
| debian-installer-netboot-images | Rebuild against proposed-updates |
| debian-ports-archive-keyring | Add Debian Ports Archive Automatic Signing Key (2025) |
| dpdk | New upstream stable release |
| dropbear | Fix terrapin attack[CVE-2023-48795] |
| engrampa | Fix several memory leaks; fix archive save asfunctionality |
| espeak-ng | Fix buffer overflow issues [CVE-2023-49990 CVE-2023-49992 CVE-2023-49993], buffer underflow issue [CVE-2023-49991], floating point exception issue [CVE-2023-49994] |
| filezilla | Prevent Terrapinexploit [CVE-2023-48795] |
| fish | Handle Unicode non-printing characters safely when given as command substitution [CVE-2023-49284] |
| fssync | Disable flaky tests |
| gnutls28 | Fix assertion failure when verifying a certificate chain with a cycle of cross signatures [CVE-2024-0567]; fix timing side-channel issue [CVE-2024-0553] |
| indent | Fix buffer under read issue [CVE-2024-0911] |
| isl | Fix use on older CPUs |
| jtreg7 | New source package to support builds of openjdk-17 |
| libdatetime-timezone-perl | Update included timezone data |
| libde265 | Fix buffer overflow issues [CVE-2023-49465 CVE-2023-49467 CVE-2023-49468] |
| libfirefox-marionette-perl | Fix compatibility with newer firefox-esr versions |
| libmateweather | Fix URL for aviationweather.gov |
| libspreadsheet-parsexlsx-perl | Fix possible memory bomb [CVE-2024-22368]; fix XML External Entity issue [CVE-2024-23525] |
| linux | New upstream stable release; bump ABI to 18 |
| linux-signed-amd64 | New upstream stable release; bump ABI to 18 |
| linux-signed-arm64 | New upstream stable release; bump ABI to 18 |
| linux-signed-i386 | New upstream stable release; bump ABI to 18 |
| localslackirc | Send authorization and cookie headers to the websocket |
| mariadb | New upstream stable release; fix denial of service issue [CVE-2023-22084] |
| mate-screensaver | Fix memory leaks |
| mate-settings-daemon | Fix memory leaks; relax High DPI limits; fix handling of multiple rfkill events |
| mate-utils | Fix various memory leaks |
| monitoring-plugins | Fix check_http plugin when --no-bodyis used and the upstream response is chunked |
| needrestart | Fix microcode check regression on AMD CPUs |
| netplan.io | Fix autopkgtests with newer systemd versions |
| nextcloud-desktop | Fix fails to sync files with special chars like ':'; fix two-factor authentication notifications |
| node-yarnpkg | Fix use with Commander 8 |
| onionprobe | Fix initialisation of Tor if using hashed passwords |
| pipewire | Use malloc_trim() when available to release memory |
| pluma | Fix memory leak issues; fix double activation of extensions |
| postfix | New upstream stable release; address SMTP smuggling issue [CVE-2023-51764] |
| proftpd-dfsg | Implement fix for the Terrapin attack [CVE-2023-48795]; fix out-of-bounds read issue [CVE-2023-51713] |
| proftpd-mod-proxy | Implement fix for the Terrapin attack [CVE-2023-48795] |
| pypdf | Fix infinite loop issue [CVE-2023-36464] |
| pypdf2 | Fix infinite loop issue [CVE-2023-36464] |
| pypy3 | Avoid an rpython assertion error in the JIT if integer ranges don't overlap in a loop |
| qemu | New upstream stable release; virtio-net: correctly copy vnet header when flushing TX [CVE-2023-6693]; fix null pointer dereference issue [CVE-2023-6683]; revert patch causing regressions in suspend / resume functionality |
| rpm | Enable the read-only BerkeleyDB backend |
| rss-glx | Install screensavers into /usr/libexec/xscreensaver; call GLFinish() prior to glXSwapBuffers() |
| spip | Fix two cross-site scripting issues |
| swupdate | Prevent acquiring root privileges through inappropriate socket mode |
| systemd | New upstream stable release; fix missing verification issue in systemd-resolved [CVE-2023-7008] |
| tar | Fix boundary checking in base-256 decoder [CVE-2022-48303], handling of extended header prefixes [CVE-2023-39804] |
| tinyxml | Fix assertion issue [CVE-2023-34194] |
| tzdata | New upstream stable release |
| usb.ids | Update included data list |
| usbutils | Fix usb-devices not printing all devices |
| usrmerge | Clean up biarch directories when not needed; don't run convert-etc-shells again on converted systems; handle mounted /lib/modules on Xen systems; improve error reporting; add versioned conflicts with libc-bin, dhcpcd, libparted1.8-10 and lustre-utils |
| wolfssl | Fix security issue when client sent neither PSK nor KSE extensions [CVE-2023-3724] |
| xen | New upstream stable release; security fixes [CVE-2023-46837 CVE-2023-46839 CVE-2023-46840] |
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:
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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