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  • [SECURITY] [DSA 1665-1] New libcdaudio packages fix arbitrary code exec

    From Moritz Muehlenhoff@1:229/2 to All on Wed Nov 12 23:40:20 2008
    From: [email protected]

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    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1665-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff November 12, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package : libcdaudio
    Vulnerability : heap overflow
    Problem type : local(remote)
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-5030

    It was discovered that a heap overflow in the CDDB retrieval code of libcdaudio, a library for controlling a CD-ROM when playing audio CDs,
    may result in the execution of arbitrary code.

    For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
    version 0.99.12p2-2+etch1. A package for hppa will be provided later.

    For the upcoming stable distribution (lenny) and the unstable
    distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.99.12p2-7.

    We recommend that you upgrade your libcdaudio packages.

    Upgrade instructions
    - --------------------

    wget url
    will fetch the file for you
    dpkg -i file.deb
    will install the referenced file.

    If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
    sources.list as given below:

    apt-get update
    will update the internal database
    apt-get upgrade
    will install corrected packages

    You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
    footer to the proper configuration.


    Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
    - -------------------------------

    Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.

    Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio_0.99.12p2-2+etch1.dsc
    Size/MD5 checksum: 637 4edcf130e77084b440f551d9a9afdc3a
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio_0.99.12p2-2+etch1.diff.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 17703 6e523c81ea161401162d39d981e27cf2
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio_0.99.12p2.orig.tar.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 356047 15de3830b751818a54a42899bd3ae72c

    alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio1_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 53334 1dc4587c71e25acb6b2dfd305de703e2
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio-dev_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 70916 83fa3fc0e729bba0a3319745960dc81a

    amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio1_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 46040 a75b35f50ad88e2b1ee36d0a3266406a
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio-dev_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 50674 7baf7f19121adeb98bb2a0afacf7cf27

    arm architecture (ARM)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio1_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 43132 ff9d61d012abc44a459eac7350cfb46a
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio-dev_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 46664 3e023f637034444d6b8217bff8867f77

    i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio1_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_i386.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 44708 87710ccd10182a65bae04f90071e56a1
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio-dev_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_i386.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 46326 601bdafb162a116affa4111e3322caed

    ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio1_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_ia64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 64314 65aa3e3f94daad3963d28214c4f36e7d
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio-dev_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_ia64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 73338 3ac92a48b4c0e7ac41b3307453a5ffcc

    mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio-dev_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_mips.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 56370 1539c8ca203536ef7199144c8ad95855
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio1_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_mips.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 44942 25f255285e3fea6dc44f8e0637f54b84

    mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio-dev_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_mipsel.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 56114 3e94f1d9586cfac7b25bc3b5f7dd604d
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio1_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_mipsel.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 45066 8323996086dd5a88a0877b6047fc9163

    powerpc architecture (PowerPC)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio-dev_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_powerpc.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 51406 f34b4f764921545c487bdde8f7af47ed
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio1_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_powerpc.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 46432 3f65b0704dbb59ff502376d84ba58be3

    s390 architecture (IBM S/390)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio-dev_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_s390.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 50238 c1bbc7d605a19ca7d806a81a3dd605f7
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio1_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_s390.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 47156 6cb47c376172882afcd25f75387025e6

    sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio-dev_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_sparc.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 46930 15e80ffff1a35904512d088476a99a50
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio1_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_sparc.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 42532 fff8099843f655f50c9caab7ebbcbad7


    These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
    its next update.


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