Moderate: ed security update

Advisory:	RHSA-2008:0946-3
Type:	Security Advisory
Severity:	Moderate
Issued on:	2008-10-21
Last updated on:	2008-10-21
Affected Products:	Red Hat Desktop (v. 3) Red Hat Desktop (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4.7.z) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4.7.z) Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.2.z server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4) Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor
CVEs (cve.mitre.org):	CVE-2008-3916

Details

An updated ed package that fixes one security issue is now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

ed is a line-oriented text editor, used to create, display, and modify
text files (both interactively and via shell scripts).

A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the way ed, the GNU line
editor, processed long file names. An attacker could create a file with a
specially-crafted name that could possibly execute an arbitrary code when
opened in the ed editor. (CVE-2008-3916)

Users of ed should upgrade to this updated package, which contains
a backported patch to resolve this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)

SRPMS:
ed-0.2-33.30E.1.src.rpm	`MD5: 7d9671611516fa9ef5a484302c7fb211`

IA-32:
ed-0.2-33.30E.1.i386.rpm	`MD5: 334914ebbd24aa6ea42d78ddf3807a6a`

x86_64:
ed-0.2-33.30E.1.x86_64.rpm	`MD5: 0363547d7064e03c319ac043d9b33a73`

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.src.rpm	`MD5: ebb9f3a57e315fb64b46ba2c2295a2a1`

IA-32:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.i386.rpm	`MD5: 34c57ca464092e17922e2a54c45ff2ba`

x86_64:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm	`MD5: 5deeaa2be932ef661a7baa1d795213f5`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.src.rpm	`MD5: c37f95803c85bf17f6d285fee947458d`

IA-32:
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.i386.rpm	`MD5: 66d314ecfc9b35e91021cabd5d9973e3`

IA-64:
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.ia64.rpm	`MD5: fe8e026ddd59bac720916f86fd56f810`

PPC:
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.ppc.rpm	`MD5: 8acfb920fe57eb1437c99d663d648638`

s390x:
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.s390x.rpm	`MD5: b900992023b373b40585d58621885195`

x86_64:
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.x86_64.rpm	`MD5: 170b2d90bdee2903f27978b988815b92`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
ed-0.2-21.1.src.rpm	`MD5: c17ea86c27b0f5ead6a918342e01fc7e`

IA-32:
ed-0.2-21.1.i386.rpm	`MD5: 417c5fef1684249f33ce510a94c76851`

IA-64:
ed-0.2-21.1.ia64.rpm	`MD5: 4783845e26fba07f37bc163c99d3e86c`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
ed-0.2-33.30E.1.src.rpm	`MD5: 7d9671611516fa9ef5a484302c7fb211`

IA-32:
ed-0.2-33.30E.1.i386.rpm	`MD5: 334914ebbd24aa6ea42d78ddf3807a6a`

IA-64:
ed-0.2-33.30E.1.ia64.rpm	`MD5: be0ad99b9ad9d12f6dd033127480f52c`

PPC:
ed-0.2-33.30E.1.ppc.rpm	`MD5: eeb3f2a6dea4b4d0e9df6481d0e2d4a2`

s390:
ed-0.2-33.30E.1.s390.rpm	`MD5: f71eab6c9ac162d96ab38239b63835f9`

s390x:
ed-0.2-33.30E.1.s390x.rpm	`MD5: f5ec482ad1ac236d74b0e9b718862bcd`

x86_64:
ed-0.2-33.30E.1.x86_64.rpm	`MD5: 0363547d7064e03c319ac043d9b33a73`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.src.rpm	`MD5: ebb9f3a57e315fb64b46ba2c2295a2a1`

IA-32:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.i386.rpm	`MD5: 34c57ca464092e17922e2a54c45ff2ba`

IA-64:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm	`MD5: 5b1828d7c81742a724c8844a19faca19`

PPC:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.ppc.rpm	`MD5: 7702fdb9cf1f8968ee086b2d422cbcc0`

s390:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.s390.rpm	`MD5: a67cfee48693ce684b37bd9bef7904f1`

s390x:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm	`MD5: a9c37641c975887e1ca685d42343b9e9`

x86_64:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm	`MD5: 5deeaa2be932ef661a7baa1d795213f5`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4.7.z)

SRPMS:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.src.rpm	`MD5: ebb9f3a57e315fb64b46ba2c2295a2a1`

IA-32:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.i386.rpm	`MD5: 34c57ca464092e17922e2a54c45ff2ba`

IA-64:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm	`MD5: 5b1828d7c81742a724c8844a19faca19`

PPC:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.ppc.rpm	`MD5: 7702fdb9cf1f8968ee086b2d422cbcc0`

s390:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.s390.rpm	`MD5: a67cfee48693ce684b37bd9bef7904f1`

s390x:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm	`MD5: a9c37641c975887e1ca685d42343b9e9`

x86_64:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm	`MD5: 5deeaa2be932ef661a7baa1d795213f5`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.src.rpm	`MD5: c37f95803c85bf17f6d285fee947458d`

IA-32:
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.i386.rpm	`MD5: 66d314ecfc9b35e91021cabd5d9973e3`

x86_64:
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.x86_64.rpm	`MD5: 170b2d90bdee2903f27978b988815b92`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
ed-0.2-21.1.src.rpm	`MD5: c17ea86c27b0f5ead6a918342e01fc7e`

IA-32:
ed-0.2-21.1.i386.rpm	`MD5: 417c5fef1684249f33ce510a94c76851`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)

SRPMS:
ed-0.2-33.30E.1.src.rpm	`MD5: 7d9671611516fa9ef5a484302c7fb211`

IA-32:
ed-0.2-33.30E.1.i386.rpm	`MD5: 334914ebbd24aa6ea42d78ddf3807a6a`

IA-64:
ed-0.2-33.30E.1.ia64.rpm	`MD5: be0ad99b9ad9d12f6dd033127480f52c`

x86_64:
ed-0.2-33.30E.1.x86_64.rpm	`MD5: 0363547d7064e03c319ac043d9b33a73`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.src.rpm	`MD5: ebb9f3a57e315fb64b46ba2c2295a2a1`

IA-32:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.i386.rpm	`MD5: 34c57ca464092e17922e2a54c45ff2ba`

IA-64:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm	`MD5: 5b1828d7c81742a724c8844a19faca19`

x86_64:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm	`MD5: 5deeaa2be932ef661a7baa1d795213f5`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4.7.z)

SRPMS:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.src.rpm	`MD5: ebb9f3a57e315fb64b46ba2c2295a2a1`

IA-32:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.i386.rpm	`MD5: 34c57ca464092e17922e2a54c45ff2ba`

IA-64:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm	`MD5: 5b1828d7c81742a724c8844a19faca19`

x86_64:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm	`MD5: 5deeaa2be932ef661a7baa1d795213f5`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.2.z server)

SRPMS:
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.src.rpm	`MD5: c37f95803c85bf17f6d285fee947458d`

IA-32:
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.i386.rpm	`MD5: 66d314ecfc9b35e91021cabd5d9973e3`

IA-64:
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.ia64.rpm	`MD5: fe8e026ddd59bac720916f86fd56f810`

PPC:
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.ppc.rpm	`MD5: 8acfb920fe57eb1437c99d663d648638`

s390x:
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.s390x.rpm	`MD5: b900992023b373b40585d58621885195`

x86_64:
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.x86_64.rpm	`MD5: 170b2d90bdee2903f27978b988815b92`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
ed-0.2-21.1.src.rpm	`MD5: c17ea86c27b0f5ead6a918342e01fc7e`

IA-32:
ed-0.2-21.1.i386.rpm	`MD5: 417c5fef1684249f33ce510a94c76851`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
ed-0.2-33.30E.1.src.rpm	`MD5: 7d9671611516fa9ef5a484302c7fb211`

IA-32:
ed-0.2-33.30E.1.i386.rpm	`MD5: 334914ebbd24aa6ea42d78ddf3807a6a`

IA-64:
ed-0.2-33.30E.1.ia64.rpm	`MD5: be0ad99b9ad9d12f6dd033127480f52c`

x86_64:
ed-0.2-33.30E.1.x86_64.rpm	`MD5: 0363547d7064e03c319ac043d9b33a73`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.src.rpm	`MD5: ebb9f3a57e315fb64b46ba2c2295a2a1`

IA-32:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.i386.rpm	`MD5: 34c57ca464092e17922e2a54c45ff2ba`

IA-64:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm	`MD5: 5b1828d7c81742a724c8844a19faca19`

x86_64:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm	`MD5: 5deeaa2be932ef661a7baa1d795213f5`

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor

SRPMS:
ed-0.2-21.1.src.rpm	`MD5: c17ea86c27b0f5ead6a918342e01fc7e`

IA-64:
ed-0.2-21.1.ia64.rpm	`MD5: 4783845e26fba07f37bc163c99d3e86c`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

462584 - CVE-2008-3916 ed: Heap-based buffer overflow (arb. code execution)

References

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2008-3916.html
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

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