Debian Security Advisory

DSA-190-1 wmaker -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

07 Nov 2002

Affected Packages:

wmaker

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2002-1277.

More information:

Al Viro found a problem in the image handling code use in Window Maker, a popular NEXTSTEP like window manager. When creating an image it would allocate a buffer by multiplying the image width and height, but did not check for an overflow. This makes it possible to overflow the buffer. This could be exploited by using specially crafted image files (for example when previewing themes).

This problem has been fixed in version 0.80.0-4.1 for the current stable distribution (woody). Packages for the mipsel architecture are not yet available.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/wmaker_0.80.0.orig.tar.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/wmaker_0.80.0-4.1.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/wmaker_0.80.0-4.1.dsc
alpha (DEC Alpha):: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/wmaker_0.80.0-4.1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwings-dev_0.80.0-4.1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2-dev_0.80.0-4.1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwmaker0-dev_0.80.0-4.1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2_0.80.0-4.1_alpha.deb
arm (ARM):: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwings-dev_0.80.0-4.1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2-dev_0.80.0-4.1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/wmaker_0.80.0-4.1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwmaker0-dev_0.80.0-4.1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2_0.80.0-4.1_arm.deb
hppa (HP PA RISC):: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/wmaker_0.80.0-4.1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2-dev_0.80.0-4.1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2_0.80.0-4.1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwmaker0-dev_0.80.0-4.1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwings-dev_0.80.0-4.1_hppa.deb
i386 (Intel ia32):: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwmaker0-dev_0.80.0-4.1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2-dev_0.80.0-4.1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/wmaker_0.80.0-4.1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2_0.80.0-4.1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwings-dev_0.80.0-4.1_i386.deb
ia64 (Intel ia64):: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2-dev_0.80.0-4.1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/wmaker_0.80.0-4.1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwmaker0-dev_0.80.0-4.1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2_0.80.0-4.1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwings-dev_0.80.0-4.1_ia64.deb
m68k (Motorola Mc680x0):: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2_0.80.0-4.1_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwings-dev_0.80.0-4.1_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwmaker0-dev_0.80.0-4.1_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2-dev_0.80.0-4.1_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/wmaker_0.80.0-4.1_m68k.deb
mips (MIPS (Big Endian)):: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwings-dev_0.80.0-4.1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2_0.80.0-4.1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/wmaker_0.80.0-4.1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2-dev_0.80.0-4.1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwmaker0-dev_0.80.0-4.1_mips.deb
powerpc (PowerPC):: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2-dev_0.80.0-4.1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/wmaker_0.80.0-4.1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwmaker0-dev_0.80.0-4.1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwings-dev_0.80.0-4.1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2_0.80.0-4.1_powerpc.deb
s390 (IBM S/390):: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/wmaker_0.80.0-4.1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2-dev_0.80.0-4.1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2_0.80.0-4.1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwings-dev_0.80.0-4.1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwmaker0-dev_0.80.0-4.1_s390.deb
sparc (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC):: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwmaker0-dev_0.80.0-4.1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/wmaker_0.80.0-4.1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2_0.80.0-4.1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwraster2-dev_0.80.0-4.1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wmaker/libwings-dev_0.80.0-4.1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.