DSA-190-1 wmaker -- buffer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-190-1 wmaker -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

07 Nov 2002

Affected Packages:

wmaker

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2002-1277.

More information:

Al Viro found a problem in the image handling code use in Window Maker, a popular NEXTSTEP like window manager. When creating an image it would allocate a buffer by multiplying the image width and height, but did not check for an overflow. This makes it possible to overflow the buffer. This could be exploited by using specially crafted image files (for example when previewing themes).

This problem has been fixed in version 0.80.0-4.1 for the current stable distribution (woody). Packages for the mipsel architecture are not yet available.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/wmaker_0.80.0.orig.tar.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/wmaker_0.80.0-4.1.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/wmaker_0.80.0-4.1.dsc

alpha (DEC Alpha):

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/wmaker_0.80.0-4.1_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwings-dev_0.80.0-4.1_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2-dev_0.80.0-4.1_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwmaker0-dev_0.80.0-4.1_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2_0.80.0-4.1_alpha.deb

arm (ARM):

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwings-dev_0.80.0-4.1_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2-dev_0.80.0-4.1_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/wmaker_0.80.0-4.1_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwmaker0-dev_0.80.0-4.1_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2_0.80.0-4.1_arm.deb

hppa (HP PA RISC):

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/wmaker_0.80.0-4.1_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2-dev_0.80.0-4.1_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2_0.80.0-4.1_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwmaker0-dev_0.80.0-4.1_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwings-dev_0.80.0-4.1_hppa.deb

i386 (Intel ia32):

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwmaker0-dev_0.80.0-4.1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2-dev_0.80.0-4.1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/wmaker_0.80.0-4.1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2_0.80.0-4.1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwings-dev_0.80.0-4.1_i386.deb

ia64 (Intel ia64):

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2-dev_0.80.0-4.1_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/wmaker_0.80.0-4.1_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwmaker0-dev_0.80.0-4.1_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2_0.80.0-4.1_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwings-dev_0.80.0-4.1_ia64.deb

m68k (Motorola Mc680x0):

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2_0.80.0-4.1_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwings-dev_0.80.0-4.1_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwmaker0-dev_0.80.0-4.1_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2-dev_0.80.0-4.1_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/wmaker_0.80.0-4.1_m68k.deb

mips (MIPS (Big Endian)):

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwings-dev_0.80.0-4.1_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2_0.80.0-4.1_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/wmaker_0.80.0-4.1_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2-dev_0.80.0-4.1_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwmaker0-dev_0.80.0-4.1_mips.deb

powerpc (PowerPC):

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2-dev_0.80.0-4.1_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/wmaker_0.80.0-4.1_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwmaker0-dev_0.80.0-4.1_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwings-dev_0.80.0-4.1_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2_0.80.0-4.1_powerpc.deb

s390 (IBM S/390):

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/wmaker_0.80.0-4.1_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2-dev_0.80.0-4.1_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2_0.80.0-4.1_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwings-dev_0.80.0-4.1_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwmaker0-dev_0.80.0-4.1_s390.deb

sparc (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC):

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwmaker0-dev_0.80.0-4.1_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/wmaker_0.80.0-4.1_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2_0.80.0-4.1_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2-dev_0.80.0-4.1_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwings-dev_0.80.0-4.1_sparc.deb

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