Package : chmlib Vulnerability : several Problem type : local (remote) Debian-specific: no CVE IDs : CVE-2005-2659 CVE-2005-2930 CVE-2005-3318 BugTraq ID : 15211
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 discoverd 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 discoverd 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.
Upgrade Instructions - --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge - --------------------------------