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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2007.0588 -- [UNIX/Linux][Win][Debian]
New libextractor packages fix arbitrary code execution
6 August 2007
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: libextractor
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Windows
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CVE-2007-3387
Ref: ESB-2007.0573
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1349
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running software based on libextractor check for an updated version
of the software for their operating system.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1349-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
August 5th, 2007 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : libextractor
Vulnerability : integer overflow
Problem type : local (remote)
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2007-3387
It was discovered that an integer overflow in the xpdf PDF viewer may lead
to the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed PDF file is opened.
libextractor includes a copy of the xpdf code and required an update
as well.
For the oldstable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.4.2-2sarge6.
The stable distribution (etch) isn't affected by this problem.
The unstable distribution (sid) isn't affected by this problem.
We recommend that you upgrade your libextractor 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 at the end of this advisory:
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 3.1 alias sarge
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor_0.4.2-2sarge6.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 778 fbcbd62c772674dc96a26373e5aa6e01
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor_0.4.2-2sarge6.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 9063 bb026f68189fd93686e5fd94b6cda88e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor_0.4.2.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 5887095 d99e1b13a017d39700e376a0edbf7ba2
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/extract_0.4.2-2sarge6_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 19690 01b435b2688d03f3459c79526954925c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1_0.4.2-2sarge6_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5810714 dd23f39e0b388296b1fc271739712ebe
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1-dev_0.4.2-2sarge6_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 19484 7f05a34e53fd43830028912e14d2328f
AMD64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/extract_0.4.2-2sarge6_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 18346 b0630efe8af750547c51f18e2b37e56c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1_0.4.2-2sarge6_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5641608 6cc4c3570ed2c3319944d2dadeb32df2
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1-dev_0.4.2-2sarge6_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 17618 b03292795065cdd0c9444343f216a058
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/extract_0.4.2-2sarge6_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 17726 b7d8e767fdec15d9f1dd42a4d287d093
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1_0.4.2-2sarge6_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5710926 010de9d5ca245ecde20850f2077ec525
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1-dev_0.4.2-2sarge6_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 17034 70da5564ca690372c8ff2f920e3145e7
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/extract_0.4.2-2sarge6_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 17870 34c81aebd99358f6a6668e6a6e766dcf
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1_0.4.2-2sarge6_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5713546 59647b99f778803ae7dd04b8a3ef4f69
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1-dev_0.4.2-2sarge6_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 16796 f6a61702be519be0de6ba5254a8d2bc1
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/extract_0.4.2-2sarge6_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 20664 abbab8aca9823e749ce8f56ba180605a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1_0.4.2-2sarge6_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5905678 6c4fae9ee6f98f8a2b04dfc8bb1e6c77
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1-dev_0.4.2-2sarge6_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 19402 7217989cd00aa203703636a12b73ef1c
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/extract_0.4.2-2sarge6_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 17432 ad4ed814052b2b16a980916e8c26b4d5
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1_0.4.2-2sarge6_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5708490 4456e64e983995cdaada1b8003b87de9
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1-dev_0.4.2-2sarge6_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 16664 8d0a17ffea00ef3a8dd84ad1ef751382
Big endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/extract_0.4.2-2sarge6_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 18672 ca896e1b783faaa7fd4f0b16bd5b679f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1_0.4.2-2sarge6_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5729468 b4369a7e90e9378aaf16c22e6ee8ba23
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1-dev_0.4.2-2sarge6_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 17960 adf6c5dadd298f2cbfb129b329cbd396
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/extract_0.4.2-2sarge6_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 18720 24b4c8c7394ca7600b5d56ff6756ced0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1_0.4.2-2sarge6_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5727182 0d3c4b40711cd5ff424d9c3509abc959
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1-dev_0.4.2-2sarge6_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 17990 2bfd506c4227ba2b51128ed229d05737
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/extract_0.4.2-2sarge6_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 19840 965842771a493480a596d23219240384
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1_0.4.2-2sarge6_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5678172 d9b4e7d752db6ca53ce6adddd1c8963b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1-dev_0.4.2-2sarge6_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 17802 9d4275a87460db16bf31e112f8a7be72
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/extract_0.4.2-2sarge6_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 18220 218a8b4f648ee49543981dd7a418a86b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1_0.4.2-2sarge6_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5768298 367428e42de8d1af622d02d64f4fb027
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1-dev_0.4.2-2sarge6_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 18166 98cb43003a7a95dbfd121cf615f73bc8
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/extract_0.4.2-2sarge6_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 17728 f9220d2e7654b273448c0880374f59d4
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1_0.4.2-2sarge6_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5752498 5c5bcdf9c749506310e95137ae80550c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1-dev_0.4.2-2sarge6_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 16938 b90780181aeb323dbcc4dfa11db7bcd0
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
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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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