__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN KDE Image File Format Reader Vulnerabilities [Debian Security Advisory DSA 714-1] April 26, 2005 17:00 GMT Number P-191 [REVISED 17 May 2005] ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: Several security vulnerabilities were found in PCX and other image file format readers in the KDE core libraries. PLATFORM: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody) Red Hat Desktop (v.4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4) DAMAGE: Exploiting the vulnerabilities may result in a buffer overflow and allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. SOLUTION: Apply available security updates. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. Exploiting the vulnerabilities may result a ASSESSMENT: buffer overflow and allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code via a carefully crafted image file. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-191.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-714 ADDITIONAL LINK: Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:393-05 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-393.html CVE/CAN: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= CAN-2005-1046 ______________________________________________________________________________ REVISION HISTORY: 05/17/05 - added a link to Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:393-05 that provides kdelibs packages fixes. [***** Start Debian Security Advisory DSA 714-1 *****] Debian Security Advisory DSA-714-1 kdelibs -- several vulnerabilities Date Reported: 26 Apr 2005 Affected Packages: kdelibs Vulnerable: Yes Security database references: In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CAN-2005-1046. More information: KDE security team discovered several vulnerabilities in the PCX and other image file format readers in the KDE core libraries, some of them exploitable to execute arbitrary code. To a small extend the packages in woody are affected as well. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.2-13.woody.14. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.2-5. We recommend that you upgrade your kdelibs packages. Fixed in: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody) Source: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs_2.2.2- 13.woody.14.dsc http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs_2.2.2- 13.woody.14.diff.gz http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs_2.2.2.orig.tar.gz Architecture-independent component: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3-doc_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_all.deb Alpha: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3-bin_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3-cups_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts-alsa_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid-alsa_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_alpha.deb ARM: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3-bin_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3-cups_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts-alsa_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid-alsa_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_arm.deb Intel IA-32: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3-bin_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3-cups_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts-alsa_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid-alsa_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_i386.deb Intel IA-64: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3-bin_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3-cups_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts-alsa_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid-alsa_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_ia64.deb HPPA: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3-bin_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3-cups_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts-alsa_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid-alsa_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_hppa.deb Motorola 680x0: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3-bin_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3-cups_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts-alsa_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid-alsa_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_m68k.deb Big endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3-bin_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3-cups_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts-alsa_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid-alsa_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_mips.deb Little endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3-bin_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3-cups_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts-alsa_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid-alsa_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_mipsel.deb PowerPC: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3-bin_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3-cups_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts-alsa_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid-alsa_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_powerpc.deb IBM S/390: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3-bin_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3-cups_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts-alsa_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid-alsa_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_s390.deb Sun Sparc: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3-bin_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/kdelibs3-cups_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts-alsa_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libarts-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid-alsa_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kdelibs/libkmid-dev_2.2.2- 13.woody.14_sparc.deb MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory. 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