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USN-5-1: gettext vulnerabilities
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 10/27/2004 03:26 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
A gettext update has been released for Ubuntu Linux
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5-1 October 27, 2004
gettext vulnerabilities
CAN-2004-0966
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog)
The following packages are affected:
gettext
The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 0.14.1-2ubuntu0.1. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5-1 October 27, 2004
gettext vulnerabilities
CAN-2004-0966
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog)
The following packages are affected:
gettext
The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 0.14.1-2ubuntu0.1. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.
Details follow:
Recently, Trustix Secure Linux discovered some vulnerabilities in the gettext package. The programs "autopoint" and "gettextize" created temporary files in an insecure way, which allowed a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user
invoking the program.
Source archives:
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gettext/gettext_0.14.1-2ubuntu0.1.diff.gz
Size/MD5: 82347 e172d137c397dc88ca545acebd40b423
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gettext/gettext_0.14.1-2ubuntu0.1.dsc
Size/MD5: 789 d273a3e94446d89f603d16ed9587d00b
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gettext/gettext_0.14.1.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5: 6550874 78f4b862510beb2e5d43223dd610e77d
Architecture independent packages:
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gettext/gettext-doc_0.14.1-2ubuntu0.1_all.deb
Size/MD5: 638924 610bd9c00f7971f9d359f7a3902db2e4
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gettext/gettext-el_0.14.1-2ubuntu0.1_all.deb
Size/MD5: 45340 cf1fc64a65b38622fdbd29e63b538b69
amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gettext/gettext-base_0.14.1-2ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 92890 581e614d3c390a0b0c4b52752e03cf75
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gettext/gettext_0.14.1-2ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 1576278 a3240029c897fcfac68be7eda1f638bb
i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gettext/gettext-base_0.14.1-2ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 91066 df2857a4dd7be300743c4e8ec7990997
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gettext/gettext_0.14.1-2ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 1549186 d16f720d7ef6e031afab70263394c70a
powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gettext/gettext-base_0.14.1-2ubuntu0.1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 94174 9f849ed93f64d80fe669603b581b9df3
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gettext/gettext_0.14.1-2ubuntu0.1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 1590102 cba3d457ded8697c018b3e3ac6853f94
Recently, Trustix Secure Linux discovered some vulnerabilities in the gettext package. The programs "autopoint" and "gettextize" created temporary files in an insecure way, which allowed a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user
invoking the program.
Source archives:
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gettext/gettext_0.14.1-2ubuntu0.1.diff.gz
Size/MD5: 82347 e172d137c397dc88ca545acebd40b423
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gettext/gettext_0.14.1-2ubuntu0.1.dsc
Size/MD5: 789 d273a3e94446d89f603d16ed9587d00b
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gettext/gettext_0.14.1.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5: 6550874 78f4b862510beb2e5d43223dd610e77d
Architecture independent packages:
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gettext/gettext-doc_0.14.1-2ubuntu0.1_all.deb
Size/MD5: 638924 610bd9c00f7971f9d359f7a3902db2e4
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gettext/gettext-el_0.14.1-2ubuntu0.1_all.deb
Size/MD5: 45340 cf1fc64a65b38622fdbd29e63b538b69
amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gettext/gettext-base_0.14.1-2ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 92890 581e614d3c390a0b0c4b52752e03cf75
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gettext/gettext_0.14.1-2ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 1576278 a3240029c897fcfac68be7eda1f638bb
i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gettext/gettext-base_0.14.1-2ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 91066 df2857a4dd7be300743c4e8ec7990997
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gettext/gettext_0.14.1-2ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 1549186 d16f720d7ef6e031afab70263394c70a
powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gettext/gettext-base_0.14.1-2ubuntu0.1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 94174 9f849ed93f64d80fe669603b581b9df3
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gettext/gettext_0.14.1-2ubuntu0.1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 1590102 cba3d457ded8697c018b3e3ac6853f94
