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

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 Red Hat Security Response Team.. ==================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: cscope security update 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 CVE Names: CVE-2004-2541 CVE-2009-0148 ==================================================================== 1. Summary: 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 Red Hat Security Response Team. 2. 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 3. Description: 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. 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 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 490667 - CVE-2004-2541, CVE-2009-0148 cscope: multiple buffer overflows 6. Package List: RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5client): 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 7. 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 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2009 Red Hat, Inc. . Routine security enhancement for cscope in Red Hat Enterprise Linux aimed at mitigating several buffer overflow vulnerabilities. Ensure your system remains protected!. Cscope Security Fix, Red Hat Updates, Buffer Overflow Remediation. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jun 16, 2009 Red Hat