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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2008.1081 -- [UNIX/Linux]
New imlib2 packages fix arbitrary code execution
1 December 2008
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: imlib2
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CVE-2008-5187
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1672
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running imlib2 check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1672-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
November 29, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : imlib2
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem type : local(remote)
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-5187
Debian Bug : 505714
Julien Danjou and Peter De Wachter discovered that a buffer overflow
in the XPM loader of Imlib2, a powerful image loading and rendering
library, might lead to arbitrary code execution.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2.
For the upcoming stable distribution (lenny) and the unstable
distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.0-1.2.
We recommend that you upgrade your imlib2 packages.
Upgrade instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
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Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, hppa, i386, ia64, mips,
mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.
Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/imlib2_1.3.0.0debian1.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 617750 7f389463afdb09310fa61e5036714bb3
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/imlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 775 3a483642e5e60fd6f912af749817f456
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/imlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 12968 5394cd31ea21566fef7a6782ff2548a5
alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 437474 56f6242321a6cef8d4056334b59f54db
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 240248 bddc58ba8ad890c50d7cdb1dd827898b
amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 360324 28957ea6f1202e702daa04f66a13e66b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 212104 acff68d323a86eb0a09d8a34fa607c4f
hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 386144 1439604854f5dcf30bcc73abf58a9412
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 227728 7c1ffa030aad3ee783378f20da6b76f3
i386 architecture (Intel ia32)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 335616 729f2498ddf0a28d69344b039aa7bf41
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 205896 e0d9f18bd5c2e3cfdcc27be6b6b2dfed
ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 295004 79fd04a7fd23309b68a1e9cb01bc53b4
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 462724 ece752dbd71f36cab1acc3bcf6323cd5
mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 207294 9a5e59530d7d8cd78eaba0a2fe5f5b03
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 370468 732ba92fef6b086a385dae15d39ae3b0
mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 207960 00d25bb5fe67159ef4a3853a8448dbf8
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 369292 88cf205cd158e623fded50f65a4be8a0
powerpc architecture (PowerPC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 218918 a77ca2842bae4cc9a810121eb5975825
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 359876 239b8ca33d380a7f4f9deed47728f50f
s390 architecture (IBM S/390)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 216192 63f335de53e2ca897eab47c487e0cd4b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 369042 fee16daa277b04eb95df2c73039e637e
sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 197844 285364fb7d88c0be4bf7a63358e29a9f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 336396 cb7f957c2f8442d6ac0b48c07c98df89
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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