DSA-886-1 chmlib -- several vulnerabilities

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-886-1 chmlib -- several vulnerabilities

Date Reported:

07 Nov 2005

Affected Packages:

chmlib

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 15211.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-2659, CVE-2005-2930, CVE-2005-3318.

More information:

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in chmlib, a library for dealing with CHM format files. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

• CVE-2005-2659

  Palasik Sandor discovered a buffer overflow in the LZX decompression method.

• CVE-2005-2930

  A buffer overflow has been discovered that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

• CVE-2005-3318

  Sven Tantau discovered a buffer overflow that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain chmlib packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.35-6sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 0.37-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your chmlib packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-dev_0.35-6sarge1_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-dev_0.35-6sarge1_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-dev_0.35-6sarge1_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-dev_0.35-6sarge1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-dev_0.35-6sarge1_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-dev_0.35-6sarge1_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-dev_0.35-6sarge1_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-dev_0.35-6sarge1_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-dev_0.35-6sarge1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-dev_0.35-6sarge1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-dev_0.35-6sarge1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-dev_0.35-6sarge1_sparc.deb

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