Debian Security Advisory
DSA-886-1 chmlib -- several vulnerabilities
- Date Reported:
- 07 Nov 2005
- Affected Packages:
- chmlib
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 15211.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-2659, CVE-2005-2930, CVE-2005-3318. - More information:
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Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in chmlib, a library for dealing with CHM format files. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
- CVE-2005-2659
Palasik Sandor discovered a buffer overflow in the LZX decompression method.
- CVE-2005-2930
A buffer overflow has been discovered that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
- CVE-2005-3318
Sven Tantau discovered a buffer overflow that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain chmlib packages.
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.35-6sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 0.37-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your chmlib packages.
- CVE-2005-2659
- Fixed in:
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Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-dev_0.35-6sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-dev_0.35-6sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-dev_0.35-6sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-dev_0.35-6sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-dev_0.35-6sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-dev_0.35-6sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-dev_0.35-6sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-dev_0.35-6sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-dev_0.35-6sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-dev_0.35-6sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-dev_0.35-6sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib_0.35-6sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-dev_0.35-6sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/chmlib/chmlib-bin_0.35-6sarge1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.