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DSA 1665-1: New libcdaudio packages fix arbitrary code execution
Posted by Bob on: 2008-11-12 23:40:02 [ Print | Permalink ]

The Debian Security Team published a new security update for Debian GNU/Linux. Here the announcement:

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1665-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
November 12, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : libcdaudio
Vulnerability : heap overflow
Problem type : local(remote)
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-5030

It was discovered that a heap overflow in the CDDB retrieval code of
libcdaudio, a library for controlling a CD-ROM when playing audio CDs,
may result in the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.99.12p2-2+etch1. A package for hppa will be provided later.

For the upcoming stable distribution (lenny) and the unstable
distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.99.12p2-7.

We recommend that you upgrade your libcdaudio 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, arm, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.

Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio_0.99.12p2-2+etch1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 637 4edcf130e77084b440f551d9a9afdc3a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio_0.99.12p2-2+etch1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 17703 6e523c81ea161401162d39d981e27cf2
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio_0.99.12p2.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 356047 15de3830b751818a54a42899bd3ae72c

alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio1_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 53334 1dc4587c71e25acb6b2dfd305de703e2
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio-dev_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 70916 83fa3fc0e729bba0a3319745960dc81a

amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio1_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 46040 a75b35f50ad88e2b1ee36d0a3266406a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio-dev_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 50674 7baf7f19121adeb98bb2a0afacf7cf27

arm architecture (ARM)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio1_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 43132 ff9d61d012abc44a459eac7350cfb46a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio-dev_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 46664 3e023f637034444d6b8217bff8867f77

i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio1_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 44708 87710ccd10182a65bae04f90071e56a1
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio-dev_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 46326 601bdafb162a116affa4111e3322caed

ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio1_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 64314 65aa3e3f94daad3963d28214c4f36e7d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio-dev_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 73338 3ac92a48b4c0e7ac41b3307453a5ffcc

mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio-dev_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 56370 1539c8ca203536ef7199144c8ad95855
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio1_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 44942 25f255285e3fea6dc44f8e0637f54b84

mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio-dev_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 56114 3e94f1d9586cfac7b25bc3b5f7dd604d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio1_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 45066 8323996086dd5a88a0877b6047fc9163

powerpc architecture (PowerPC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio-dev_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 51406 f34b4f764921545c487bdde8f7af47ed
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio1_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 46432 3f65b0704dbb59ff502376d84ba58be3

s390 architecture (IBM S/390)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio-dev_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 50238 c1bbc7d605a19ca7d806a81a3dd605f7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio1_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 47156 6cb47c376172882afcd25f75387025e6

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio-dev_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 46930 15e80ffff1a35904512d088476a99a50
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libcdaudio/libcdaudio1_0.99.12p2-2+etch1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 42532 fff8099843f655f50c9caab7ebbcbad7


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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