Debian: DSA-2087-1: New cabextract packages fix arbitrary code execution
Debian: DSA-2087-1: New cabextract packages fix arbitrary code execution
It was discovered that a programming error in the archive test mode of cabextract, a program to extract Microsoft Cabinet files, could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-2087-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff August 04, 2010 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : cabextract Vulnerability : programming error Problem type : local(remote) Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2010-2801 It was discovered that a programming error in the archive test mode of cabextract, a program to extract Microsoft Cabinet files, could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2-3+lenny1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your cabextract package. 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 5.0 alias lenny - -------------------------------- Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc. Source archives: https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 12789 59cdfd8b274110f63d1beb1270c52e34 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 194006 dc421a690648b503265c82ade84e143e https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 998 f2c2dc4b8af289ec37195023ad189869 alpha architecture (DEC Alpha) https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 59536 243aa2fa601416f5acd638c6a17a9ad2 amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64)) https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_amd64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 55546 a5624b197fe5bdf751d1f921b7644a82 arm architecture (ARM) https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 55500 6788e3148a1802bf7dd028c4aa338b9c armel architecture (ARM EABI) https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_armel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 55674 6fe60d3d8cc54202c93b9876529aec39 i386 architecture (Intel ia32) https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 55246 7bfc1b77c7e0eafccf57ba15183b714f ia64 architecture (Intel ia64) https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 73968 418f4acb6fd4c76212fe8b8f035a9ef1 mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian)) https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 56558 ec0192d5a6a4bf58e8635a4bce1d91df mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian)) https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 56266 9ed34aa46e5f892814c899ce47ba194d powerpc architecture (PowerPC) https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 57348 1f9a74ca9c84eb6bbf1229669e54eca1 s390 architecture (IBM S/390) https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 56782 f23310e7a6e249c6c1d27a3db1fcf553 sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC) https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 54192 b2c7a8a5e74ae9432f79329736002038 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb https://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Package info: `apt-cache show' and https://packages.debian.org/