DSA-2087-1 cabextract -- programming error

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-2087-1 cabextract -- programming error

Date Reported:

04 Aug 2010

Affected Packages:

cabextract

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2010-2801.

More information:

It was discovered that a programming error in the archive test mode of cabextract, a program to extract Microsoft Cabinet files, could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2-3+lenny1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your cabextract package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2.orig.tar.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1.dsc

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_arm.deb

ARM EABI:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_armel.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_ia64.deb

Big-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_mips.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_sparc.deb

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