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Ubuntu Linux: USN-2009-1102-1 Moderate: Cscope Memory Leak

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Calendar Grey June 16, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Routine security enhancement for cscope in Red Hat Enterprise Linux aimed at mitigating several buffer overflow vulnerabilities. Ensure your system remains protected!
An updated cscope package that fixes multiple security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. 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

cscope is a mature, ncurses-based, C source-code tree browsing tool.
Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in cscope. An attacker could create a specially crafted source code file that could cause cscope to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when browsed with cscope. (CVE-2004-2541, CVE-2009-0148)
All users of cscope are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to fix these issues. All running instances of cscope must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow red hat enterprise linux cscope update moderate security impact

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-2541 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0148 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: cscope-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.i386.rpm cscope-debuginfo-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.i386.rpm
x86_64: cscope-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm cscope-debuginfo-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386: cscope-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.i386.rpm cscope-debuginfo-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.i386.rpm
ia64: cscope-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm cscope-debuginfo-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm
ppc: cscope-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm cscope-debuginfo-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm
s390x: cscope-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm cscope-debuginfo-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64: cscope-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm cscope-debuginfo-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package


Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:1102-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1102.html
Issue date: 2009-06-15

Topic

An updated cscope package that fixes multiple security issues is nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow red hat enterprise linux cscope update moderate security impact

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

490667 - CVE-2004-2541, CVE-2009-0148 cscope: multiple buffer overflows

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