Debian Security Advisory
DSA-2087-1 cabextract -- programming error
- Date Reported:
- 04 Aug 2010
- Affected Packages:
- cabextract
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2010-2801.
- More information:
-
It was discovered that a programming error in the archive test mode of cabextract, a program to extract Microsoft Cabinet files, could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2-3+lenny1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your cabextract package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2.orig.tar.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_arm.deb
- ARM EABI:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_armel.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cabextract/cabextract_1.2-3+lenny1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.