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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2008.0173 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux][Debian] New libimager-perl packages fix arbitrary code execution 20 February 2008 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: libimager-perl Publisher: Debian Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Windows Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands Access: Existing Account CVE Names: CVE-2007-2459 Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1498 Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators running libimager-perl check for an updated version of the software for their operating system. - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1498-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Steve Kemp February 19, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : libimager-perl Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem type : local Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2007-2459 Debian Bug : 421582 It was discovered that libimager-perl, a Perl extension for Generating 24 bit images, did not correctly handle 8-bit per-pixel compressed images, which could allow the execution of arbitrary code. For the stable distribution, this problem has been fixed in version 0.50-1etch1. We recommend that you upgrade your libimager-perl package. Upgrade instructions - - -------------------- 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 - - ------------------------------- Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libi/libimager-perl/libimager-perl_0.50-1etch1.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 3049 e82e882633056ddef2beec5107085163 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libi/libimager-perl/libimager-perl_0.50-1etch1.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 702 a2325e2e5fd0522924e1c394260fb902 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libi/libimager-perl/libimager-perl_0.50.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 757843 19cfffe047909599226f76694155f996 alpha architecture (DEC Alpha) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libi/libimager-perl/libimager-perl_0.50-1etch1_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 648188 54c4d2bfd5fc8db396cf8d9f30ee138e amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libi/libimager-perl/libimager-perl_0.50-1etch1_amd64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 610124 06b382fe65e0ab39f66436c9a7574c9e arm architecture (ARM) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libi/libimager-perl/libimager-perl_0.50-1etch1_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 589256 185b679c399cbafeae33ceefe39e679c hppa architecture (HP PA RISC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libi/libimager-perl/libimager-perl_0.50-1etch1_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 620720 445a0a72c32922d42e7c37afb8c5a361 i386 architecture (Intel ia32) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libi/libimager-perl/libimager-perl_0.50-1etch1_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 605222 38189ae2167604712b8cb74dbefd5f7a ia64 architecture (Intel ia64) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libi/libimager-perl/libimager-perl_0.50-1etch1_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 751930 17f9e9c322ed61445eea4a7c38b2b0fc mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libi/libimager-perl/libimager-perl_0.50-1etch1_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 557940 0e37144272d8f1aed97986e6af175870 mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libi/libimager-perl/libimager-perl_0.50-1etch1_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 556756 b67b32674f7951f62496cce70e079f00 s390 architecture (IBM S/390) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libi/libimager-perl/libimager-perl_0.50-1etch1_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 571872 2472728525f114e0faebc7832eeb66c4 sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libi/libimager-perl/libimager-perl_0.50-1etch1_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 607238 eab7744246cea808db37625cc46aac6f These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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> - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHuzlawM/Gs81MDZ0RAnmoAJ4uDJZ/IVXuS3B3+KIo+h22JfA6UwCaA2Nf zc9AiJJUB/Y2QRhRrGyLzwQ= =CIt+ - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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