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  • [SECURITY] [DSA 1795-1] New ldns packages fix arbitrary code execution

    From Devin Carraway@1:229/2 to All on Thu May 7 08:20:06 2009
    From: [email protected]

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    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1795 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Devin Carraway
    May 07, 2009 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package : ldns
    Vulnerability : buffer overflow
    Problem type : local (remote)
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE Id(s) : CVE-2009-1086

    Stefan Kaltenbrunner discovered that ldns, a library and set of utilities
    to facilitate DNS programming, did not correctly implement a buffer
    boundary check in its RR DNS record parser. This weakness could enable overflow of a heap buffer if a maliciously-crafted record is parsed, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code. The scope of
    compromise will vary with the context in which ldns is used, and could
    present either a local or remote attack vector.

    The old stable distribution (etch) is not affected by this issue.

    For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
    version 1.4.0-1+lenny1.

    For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem was fixed in
    version 1.5.1-1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your ldns 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
    - -------------------------------

    Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 alias lenny
    - --------------------------------

    Debian (stable)
    - ---------------

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

    Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldns/ldns_1.4.0.orig.tar.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 807484 3af0b721222afa8bbfbe6db22b4be613
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldns/ldns_1.4.0-1+lenny1.diff.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 42602 ec277451483fc47ca762a41871bdd221
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldns/ldns_1.4.0-1+lenny1.dsc
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1034 988f2ea0ec08e7ec89ac4990556e4b1a

    alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldns/ldnsutils_1.4.0-1+lenny1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 154268 669a25a26228798017e484eac3aa4165
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldns/libldns-dev_1.4.0-1+lenny1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 352842 60a9e03f7d4369d6f588669c9e3f15b3
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldns/libldns1_1.4.0-1+lenny1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 133694 a5d8ae4f5c91f94c5ae8fecf03340d5e

    amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldns/libldns-dev_1.4.0-1+lenny1_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 298050 a759b7e90b25fa009718ae97e7394bad
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldns/libldns1_1.4.0-1+lenny1_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 123816 861a02e0ba8da5dd26dcfbf795ba66bb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldns/ldnsutils_1.4.0-1+lenny1_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 147108 de8d28ab89af6f2cb5c8874515551cd2

    arm architecture (ARM)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldns/libldns-dev_1.4.0-1+lenny1_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 274872 abb3892710d70634f9234e242fa36dee
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldns/ldnsutils_1.4.0-1+lenny1_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 132434 dbf80b7c12aff2892433305277e8ea57
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldns/libldns1_1.4.0-1+lenny1_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 97660 c226ba159ac214ab55a05ca6222d811b

    armel architecture (ARM EABI)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldns/libldns1_1.4.0-1+lenny1_armel.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 98754 6419159ea05543740804ae7d00834ec9
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldns/libldns-dev_1.4.0-1+lenny1_armel.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 273732 08ed6d16d8c4b355122d25458ef4d8d9
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldns/ldnsutils_1.4.0-1+lenny1_armel.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 134780 fecc4ca944671beb5f383468e3d8e4c6

    hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldns/libldns1_1.4.0-1+lenny1_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 119202 7dcb3019e21115dd9288e6718b676f8e
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldns/libldns-dev_1.4.0-1+lenny1_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 304434 1bf6066619bc3b95f09d3d9b868caf52
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldns/ldnsutils_1.4.0-1+lenny1_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 143602 1640c8ff9642882c8364d69a2bb63a10

    i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldns/libldns1_1.4.0-1+lenny1_i386.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 113166 0f2dbd1dcd9f92c280a80a5d1a7c0f1a
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldns/ldnsutils_1.4.0-1+lenny1_i386.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 136032 d04cfb74c763514f32fbb531c872ede1
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldns/libldns-dev_1.4.0-1+lenny1_i386.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 277938 66bb9673496c17fe9d37a2fd490b9dbc

    ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldns/libldns-dev_1.4.0-1+lenny1_ia64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 346400 ba3051e06f50d61c43bdc5f31cfeed22
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldns/libldns1_1.4.0-1+lenny1_ia64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 155732 3d553d3f0dc981dd46a6e2805da734a7
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldns/ldnsutils_1.4.0-1+lenny1_ia64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 185404 d575976ac67b3039cfbfa8d1f9092bce

    mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldns/ldnsutils_1.4.0-1+lenny1_mips.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 133828 dda7369db1a6ffdf50acc967cfb16d28
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldns/libldns-dev_1.4.0-1+lenny1_mips.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 300906 2873ee98d88d660b8c0682c136ae1d9a
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldns/libldns1_1.4.0-1+lenny1_mips.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 102082 a5046cccee67968a498d77057554ff1a

    mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))


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