DSA-1316-1 emacs21 -- denial of service

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1316-1 emacs21 -- denial of service

Date Reported:

21 Jun 2007

Affected Packages:

emacs21

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 408929.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-2833.

More information:

It has been discovered that emacs, the GNU Emacs editor, will crash when processing certain types of images.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 21.4a+1-3etch4.

We recommend that you upgrade your emacs21 package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21_21.4a+1.orig.tar.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21_21.4a+1-3etch4.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21_21.4a+1-3etch4.dsc

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21-common_21.4a+1-3etch4_all.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21-el_21.4a+1-3etch4_all.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs_21.4a+1-3etch4_all.deb

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21_21.4a+1-3etch4_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21-nox_21.4a+1-3etch4_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21-bin-common_21.4a+1-3etch4_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21-nox_21.4a+1-3etch4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21_21.4a+1-3etch4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21-bin-common_21.4a+1-3etch4_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21-nox_21.4a+1-3etch4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21_21.4a+1-3etch4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21-bin-common_21.4a+1-3etch4_arm.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21-nox_21.4a+1-3etch4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21_21.4a+1-3etch4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21-bin-common_21.4a+1-3etch4_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21-bin-common_21.4a+1-3etch4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21_21.4a+1-3etch4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21-nox_21.4a+1-3etch4_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21-bin-common_21.4a+1-3etch4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21-nox_21.4a+1-3etch4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21_21.4a+1-3etch4_ia64.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21_21.4a+1-3etch4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21-nox_21.4a+1-3etch4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21-bin-common_21.4a+1-3etch4_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21-nox_21.4a+1-3etch4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21-bin-common_21.4a+1-3etch4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21_21.4a+1-3etch4_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21_21.4a+1-3etch4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21-nox_21.4a+1-3etch4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21-bin-common_21.4a+1-3etch4_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21-nox_21.4a+1-3etch4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21_21.4a+1-3etch4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21-bin-common_21.4a+1-3etch4_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21_21.4a+1-3etch4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21-bin-common_21.4a+1-3etch4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/emacs21/emacs21-nox_21.4a+1-3etch4_sparc.deb

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