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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                       ESB-2008.0904 -- [UNIX/Linux]
       A heap-based buffer overflow was found in GNU ed that allowed
          context-dependent or user-assisted attackers to execute
                    arbitrary code via a long filename
                             24 September 2008

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:              ed
Publisher:            Mandriva
Operating System:     UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact:               Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access:               Existing Account
CVE Names:            CVE-2008-3916

Original Bulletin:    
  http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:200

Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
         platforms other than Mandriva. It is recommended that administrators
         running ed check for an updated version of the software for
         their operating system.

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 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2008:200
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Package : ed
 Date    : September 22, 2008
 Affected: 2007.1, 2008.0, 2008.1, Corporate 3.0, Corporate 4.0
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Problem Description:

 A heap-based buffer overflow was found in GNU ed that allowed
 context-dependent or user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary
 code via a long filename (CVE-2008-3916).
 
 This update provides GNU ed 1.0, which is not vulnerable to this issue.
 _______________________________________________________________________

 References:

 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3916
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Updated Packages:

 Mandriva Linux 2007.1:
 9eaae01e01dad85f80efc538c1af2a99  2007.1/i586/ed-1.0-0.1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm 
 2d847335cbbc31bc17f655151bdd2efb  2007.1/SRPMS/ed-1.0-0.1mdv2007.1.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64:
 7234461ce0c3f12ddf9df675b48767d4  2007.1/x86_64/ed-1.0-0.1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm 
 2d847335cbbc31bc17f655151bdd2efb  2007.1/SRPMS/ed-1.0-0.1mdv2007.1.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2008.0:
 cb6ecd75e46dd8ec22951c7e171012f3  2008.0/i586/ed-1.0-0.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 
 17a4dd7f0f492d2558b537f10881709a  2008.0/SRPMS/ed-1.0-0.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64:
 ad9c1142505399ac0be54665ffaef634  2008.0/x86_64/ed-1.0-0.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm 
 17a4dd7f0f492d2558b537f10881709a  2008.0/SRPMS/ed-1.0-0.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2008.1:
 59498d6e2d11a57fb1a0492258fa32a5  2008.1/i586/ed-1.0-0.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm 
 a4222635afa3bbe94a9fcfbb2e7bf55b  2008.1/SRPMS/ed-1.0-0.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64:
 cdf6f5b643e6cea1b6010182b389c296  2008.1/x86_64/ed-1.0-0.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm 
 a4222635afa3bbe94a9fcfbb2e7bf55b  2008.1/SRPMS/ed-1.0-0.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm

 Corporate 3.0:
 82652d03c0b9a79f1b37ca25d81818ce  corporate/3.0/i586/ed-1.0-0.1.C30mdk.i586.rpm 
 3f4fb98bc29241b4b4dd8fd7f17ebb14  corporate/3.0/SRPMS/ed-1.0-0.1.C30mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate 3.0/X86_64:
 db62ceee87b9ca4c72be123827eec8ec  corporate/3.0/x86_64/ed-1.0-0.1.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm 
 3f4fb98bc29241b4b4dd8fd7f17ebb14  corporate/3.0/SRPMS/ed-1.0-0.1.C30mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate 4.0:
 9ca8bd7ede69b0a31211773e0b660cf2  corporate/4.0/i586/ed-1.0-0.1.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm 
 4a5ec035bf8664691b292d9e1cbfe5d2  corporate/4.0/SRPMS/ed-1.0-0.1.20060mlcs4.src.rpm

 Corporate 4.0/X86_64:
 eacc3af9cef78996dc83f2bba52188c7  corporate/4.0/x86_64/ed-1.0-0.1.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm 
 4a5ec035bf8664691b292d9e1cbfe5d2  corporate/4.0/SRPMS/ed-1.0-0.1.20060mlcs4.src.rpm
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 To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi.  The verification
 of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

 All packages are signed by Mandriva for security.  You can obtain the
 GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

  gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

 If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security_(at)_mandriva.com
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 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
  <security*mandriva.com>
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