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Red Hat Enterprise: RHSA-2009:1572 Moderate: 4Suite Buffer Over-Read

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Calendar Grey November 10, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
New release out for Red Hat's 4Suite: addresses significant security concern related to XML processing. Prompt upgrade advised.
An updated 4Suite package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the...

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

The 4Suite package contains XML-related tools and libraries for Python, including 4DOM, 4XSLT, 4XPath, 4RDF, and 4XPointer.
A buffer over-read flaw was found in the way 4Suite's XML parser handles malformed UTF-8 sequences when processing XML files. A specially-crafted XML file could cause applications using the 4Suite library to crash while parsing the file. (CVE-2009-3720)
Note: In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, this flaw only affects a non-default configuration of the 4Suite package: configurations where the beta version of the cDomlette module is enabled.
All 4Suite users should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing the updated package, applications using the 4Suite XML-related tools and libraries must be restarted for the update to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate impact Red Hat Enterprise buffer over-read 4Suite

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3720 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:
Source:
i386: 4Suite-0.11.1-15.i386.rpm 4Suite-debuginfo-0.11.1-15.i386.rpm
ia64: 4Suite-0.11.1-15.ia64.rpm 4Suite-debuginfo-0.11.1-15.ia64.rpm
ppc: 4Suite-0.11.1-15.ppc.rpm 4Suite-debuginfo-0.11.1-15.ppc.rpm
s390: 4Suite-0.11.1-15.s390.rpm 4Suite-debuginfo-0.11.1-15.s390.rpm
s390x: 4Suite-0.11.1-15.s390x.rpm 4Suite-debuginfo-0.11.1-15.s390x.rpm
x86_64: 4Suite-0.11.1-15.x86_64.rpm 4Suite-debuginfo-0.11.1-15.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 3:
Source:
i386: 4Suite-0.11.1-15.i386.rpm 4Suite-debuginfo-0.11.1-15.i386.rpm
x86_64: 4Suite-0.11.1-15.x86_64.rpm 4Suite-debuginfo-0.11.1-15.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3:
Source:
i386: 4Suite-0.11.1-15.i386.rpm 4Suite-debuginfo-0.11.1-15.i386.rpm
ia64: 4Suite-0.11.1-15.ia64.rpm 4Suite-debuginfo-0.11.1-15.ia64.rpm
x86_64: 4Suite-0.11.1-15.x86_64.rpm 4Suite-debuginfo-0.11.1-15.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3:
Source:
i386: 4Suite-0.11.1-15.i386.rpm 4Suite-debuginfo-0.11.1-15.i386.rpm
ia64: 4Suite-0.11.1-15.ia64.rpm 4Suite-debuginfo-0.11.1-15.ia64.rpm
x86_64: 4Suite-0.11.1-15.x86_64.rpm 4Suite-debuginfo-0.11.1-15.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: 4Suite-1.0-3.el4_8.1.i386.rpm 4Suite-debuginfo-1.0-3.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
ia64:

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:1572-02
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1572.html
Issue date: 2009-11-10

Topic

An updated 4Suite package that fixes one security issue is now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate impact Red Hat Enterprise buffer over-read 4Suite

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

531697 - CVE-2009-3720 expat: buffer over-read and crash on XML with malformed UTF-8 sequences

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