Full Disclosure: Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 1862-1] New Linux 2.6.26 packages fix privilege escalation

[Peter Besenbruch <prb () lava net>]

On Thursday 27 August 2009 02:11:10 morla wrote:
> when i
>  $ aptitude update ; aptitude safe-upgrade
> or
>  $ apt-get update ; apt-get upgrade
>
> it tells me that im up 2 date. but in this release the bug is still
> included,.,.
>
>
> i had to install "linux-image-2.6.26-2-686-bigmem" via
>  $ aptitude install linux-image-2.6.26-2-686-bigmem
> by hand.
>
> why is this? and how do i ensure that im not being fooled by aptitude or
> apt?
That depends. Do you include proposed-updates in your sources.list?

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