DSA-1546-1 gnumeric -- integer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1546-1 gnumeric -- integer overflow

Date Reported:

10 Apr 2008

Affected Packages:

gnumeric

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-0668.

More information:

Thilo Pfennig and Morten Welinder discovered several integer overflow weaknesses in Gnumeric, a GNOME spreadsheet application. These vulnerabilities could result in the execution of arbitrary code through the opening of a maliciously crafted Excel spreadsheet.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.3-5+etch4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.1-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your gnumeric packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (stable)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric_1.6.3-5.1+etch4.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric_1.6.3.orig.tar.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric_1.6.3-5.1+etch4.diff.gz

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric-common_1.6.3-5.1+etch4_all.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric-doc_1.6.3-5.1+etch4_all.deb

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric-plugins-extra_1.6.3-5.1+etch4_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric_1.6.3-5.1+etch4_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric-plugins-extra_1.6.3-5.1+etch4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric_1.6.3-5.1+etch4_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric-plugins-extra_1.6.3-5.1+etch4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric_1.6.3-5.1+etch4_arm.deb

HP Precision:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric-plugins-extra_1.6.3-5.1+etch4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric_1.6.3-5.1+etch4_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric_1.6.3-5.1+etch4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric-plugins-extra_1.6.3-5.1+etch4_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric_1.6.3-5.1+etch4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric-plugins-extra_1.6.3-5.1+etch4_ia64.deb

Big-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric-plugins-extra_1.6.3-5.1+etch4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric_1.6.3-5.1+etch4_mips.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric_1.6.3-5.1+etch4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric-plugins-extra_1.6.3-5.1+etch4_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric_1.6.3-5.1+etch4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric-plugins-extra_1.6.3-5.1+etch4_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric-plugins-extra_1.6.3-5.1+etch4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric_1.6.3-5.1+etch4_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric-plugins-extra_1.6.3-5.1+etch4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnumeric/gnumeric_1.6.3-5.1+etch4_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.