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Red Hat: RHSA-2009:0005-01 Moderate: Gnome-VFS Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey January 7, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat has issued a security notice for an important gnome-vfs update addressing a critical buffer overflow risk that may compromise system integrity and performance
Updated GNOME VFS packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3 and 4

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

GNOME VFS is the GNOME virtual file system. It provides a modular architecture and ships with several modules that implement support for various local and remote file systems as well as numerous protocols, including HTTP, FTP, and others.
A buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the GNOME virtual file system when handling data returned by CDDB servers. If a user connected to a malicious CDDB server, an attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the victim's machine. (CVE-2005-0706)
Users of gnome-vfs and gnome-vfs2 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. All running GNOME sessions must be restarted for the update to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update buffer overflow Red Hat Enterprise Linux gnome-vfs

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0706 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 :
Source:
i386: gnome-vfs-1.0.1-18.2.i386.rpm gnome-vfs-devel-1.0.1-18.2.i386.rpm
ia64: gnome-vfs-1.0.1-18.2.ia64.rpm gnome-vfs-devel-1.0.1-18.2.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1:
Source:
ia64: gnome-vfs-1.0.1-18.2.ia64.rpm gnome-vfs-devel-1.0.1-18.2.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1:
Source:
i386: gnome-vfs-1.0.1-18.2.i386.rpm gnome-vfs-devel-1.0.1-18.2.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1:
Source:
i386: gnome-vfs-1.0.1-18.2.i386.rpm gnome-vfs-devel-1.0.1-18.2.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:
Source:
i386: gnome-vfs2-2.2.5-2E.3.3.i386.rpm gnome-vfs2-debuginfo-2.2.5-2E.3.3.i386.rpm gnome-vfs2-devel-2.2.5-2E.3.3.i386.rpm
ia64: gnome-vfs2-2.2.5-2E.3.3.ia64.rpm gnome-vfs2-debuginfo-2.2.5-2E.3.3.ia64.rpm gnome-vfs2-devel-2.2.5-2E.3.3.ia64.rpm
ppc: gnome-vfs2-2.2.5-2E.3.3.ppc.rpm gnome-vfs2-debuginfo-2.2.5-2E.3.3.ppc.rpm gnome-vfs2-devel-2.2.5-2E.3.3.ppc.rpm
s390: gnome-vfs2-2.2.5-2E.3.3.s390.rpm gnome-vfs2-debuginfo-2.2.5-2E.3.3.s390.rpm gnome-vfs2-devel-2.2.5-2E.3.3.s390.rpm
s390x: gnome-vfs2-2.2.5-2E.3.3.s390x.rpm gnome-vfs2-debuginfo-2.2.5-2E.3.3.s390x.rpm gnome-vfs2-devel-2.2.5-2E.3.3.s390x.rpm


Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:0005-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0005.html
Issue date: 2009-01-07

Topic

Updated GNOME VFS packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3 and 4.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update buffer overflow Red Hat Enterprise Linux gnome-vfs

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 - i386, ia64

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 - ia64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 - i386

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

Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, 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 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

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

Bugs Fixed

470552 - CVE-2005-0706 grip,libcdaudio: buffer overflow caused by large amount of CDDB replies

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