DSA-1255-1 libgtop2 -- buffer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1255-1 libgtop2 -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

31 Jan 2007

Affected Packages:

libgtop2

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 407020.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-0235.

More information:

Liu Qishuai discovered that the GNOME gtop library performs insufficient sanitising when parsing the system's /proc table, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.0-4sarge1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 2.14.4-3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.14.4-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your libgtop2 packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2_2.6.0-4sarge1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2_2.6.0-4sarge1.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2_2.6.0.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_arm.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_ia64.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-2_2.6.0-4sarge1_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-daemon_2.6.0-4sarge1_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgtop2/libgtop2-dev_2.6.0-4sarge1_sparc.deb

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