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  • [SECURITY] [DSA 1796-1] New libwmf packages fix denial of service (1/3)

    From Nico Golde@1:229/2 to All on Thu May 7 23:30:19 2009
    From: [email protected]

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    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-1796-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Nico Golde April 7th, 2009 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - --------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package : libwmf
    Vulnerability : pointer use-after-free
    Problem type : local (remote)
    Debian-specific: no
    Debian bug : 526434
    CVE ID : CVE-2009-1364


    Tavis Ormandy discovered that the embedded GD library copy in libwmf,
    a library to parse windows metafiles (WMF), makes use of a pointer
    after it was already freed. An attacker using a crafted WMF file can
    cause a denial of service or possibly the execute arbitrary code via applications using this library.


    For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
    version 0.2.8.4-2+etch1.

    For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
    version 0.2.8.4-6+lenny1.

    For the testing distribution (squeeze), this problem will be fixed soon.

    For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
    version 0.2.8.4-6.1.


    We recommend that you upgrade your libwmf 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 (oldstable)
    - ------------------

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

    Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf_0.2.8.4-2+etch1.diff.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 7644 2b4fed248a00761fd52d0121b1a85bc3
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf_0.2.8.4-2+etch1.dsc
    Size/MD5 checksum: 777 3cee5266c519e54d0da6af8e7bfce4fb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf_0.2.8.4.orig.tar.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 2169375 d1177739bf1ceb07f57421f0cee191e0

    Architecture independent packages:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-doc_0.2.8.4-2+etch1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 285000 dad2e5a29f12e8eb1044aa0e8711f9ca

    alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-bin_0.2.8.4-2+etch1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 20778 cb687c76275147f88647cc66432c7e19
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-dev_0.2.8.4-2+etch1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 266074 b339918318e45eb257f17a118189ce84
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf0.2-7_0.2.8.4-2+etch1_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 202096 d17c7648e7a36c487cc350a2337a9895

    amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-bin_0.2.8.4-2+etch1_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 18236 c297e08f3ef5b051539e953e86c079ef
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf0.2-7_0.2.8.4-2+etch1_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 181534 84d6098d1c8664b140af1133a2131a21
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-dev_0.2.8.4-2+etch1_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 207970 38bb87b9709162127b1781f1f94faabd

    arm architecture (ARM)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-bin_0.2.8.4-2+etch1_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 17282 babef9667a9f4b08caefd35768a3a46d
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-dev_0.2.8.4-2+etch1_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 193728 e746d7645a15cd86949b100cdf45b40d
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf0.2-7_0.2.8.4-2+etch1_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 171004 5a3619cbce2f2a5c372b95264b89deeb

    hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-dev_0.2.8.4-2+etch1_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 233692 cd29f5b00baf76ff13024fbb86f6d9e3
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf0.2-7_0.2.8.4-2+etch1_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 199222 8065d7a00098dc8369db734a05b9c17f
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-bin_0.2.8.4-2+etch1_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 20012 248ff058981781eb05dd840e267be350

    i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-bin_0.2.8.4-2+etch1_i386.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 16972 6c9b82eb6ec8bae312e3b9560287f128
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf0.2-7_0.2.8.4-2+etch1_i386.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 173774 574bd6bfae2c31dd6b327adbc3f8198e
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-dev_0.2.8.4-2+etch1_i386.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 196458 fd9303e305f980531f7189bde27cf9d2

    ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-dev_0.2.8.4-2+etch1_ia64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 302452 52a71013e006a01c8c9fa9812dcbbce8
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-bin_0.2.8.4-2+etch1_ia64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 26150 8d4c7ca669c634d5a4a0c038f603f8b8
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf0.2-7_0.2.8.4-2+etch1_ia64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 264844 21f1ff094fd730d04e7e2b4377b874f6

    mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-dev_0.2.8.4-2+etch1_mips.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 229336 d52a35cbfe9b5bc6791f43b894f6bda8
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf0.2-7_0.2.8.4-2+etch1_mips.deb

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