Moderate: cscope security update
| Advisory: | RHSA-2009:1102-1 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Security Advisory |
| Severity: | Moderate |
| Issued on: | 2009-06-15 |
| Last updated on: | 2009-06-15 |
| Affected Products: | RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3.z server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.3 server) |
| CVEs (cve.mitre.org): |
CVE-2004-2541 CVE-2009-0148 |
Details
An updated cscope package that fixes multiple security issues is now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.
cscope is a mature, ncurses-based, C source-code tree browsing tool.
Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in cscope. An attacker could
create a specially crafted source code file that could cause cscope to
crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when browsed with cscope.
(CVE-2004-2541, CVE-2009-0148)
All users of cscope are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
contains backported patches to fix these issues. All running instances of
cscope must be restarted for this update to take effect.
Solution
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/docs/DOC-11259
Updated packages
| RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) | |
| SRPMS: | |
| cscope-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.src.rpm | MD5: ed17c956d651cb2493a5d50e446888ac |
| IA-32: | |
| cscope-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.i386.rpm | MD5: 058b20c7ee7885bf44b0106d19c907e0 |
| x86_64: | |
| cscope-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm | MD5: e3eff5dd94b88092f21367e593d29f75 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) | |
| SRPMS: | |
| cscope-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.src.rpm | MD5: ed17c956d651cb2493a5d50e446888ac |
| IA-32: | |
| cscope-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.i386.rpm | MD5: 058b20c7ee7885bf44b0106d19c907e0 |
| IA-64: | |
| cscope-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm | MD5: d0691fa6a84fbc95606ad81f1f158405 |
| PPC: | |
| cscope-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm | MD5: 991f791cae0931e2046886a87ccef6b4 |
| s390x: | |
| cscope-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm | MD5: d394d50ab0a1382728f5769f2cfe46c3 |
| x86_64: | |
| cscope-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm | MD5: e3eff5dd94b88092f21367e593d29f75 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3.z server) | |
| SRPMS: | |
| cscope-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.src.rpm | MD5: ed17c956d651cb2493a5d50e446888ac |
| IA-32: | |
| cscope-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.i386.rpm | MD5: 058b20c7ee7885bf44b0106d19c907e0 |
| IA-64: | |
| cscope-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm | MD5: d0691fa6a84fbc95606ad81f1f158405 |
| PPC: | |
| cscope-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm | MD5: 991f791cae0931e2046886a87ccef6b4 |
| s390x: | |
| cscope-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm | MD5: d394d50ab0a1382728f5769f2cfe46c3 |
| x86_64: | |
| cscope-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm | MD5: e3eff5dd94b88092f21367e593d29f75 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.3 server) | |
| SRPMS: | |
| cscope-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.src.rpm | MD5: ed17c956d651cb2493a5d50e446888ac |
| IA-32: | |
| cscope-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.i386.rpm | MD5: 058b20c7ee7885bf44b0106d19c907e0 |
| IA-64: | |
| cscope-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm | MD5: d0691fa6a84fbc95606ad81f1f158405 |
| x86_64: | |
| cscope-15.5-15.1.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm | MD5: e3eff5dd94b88092f21367e593d29f75 |
| (The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network) | |
Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)
490667 - CVE-2004-2541, CVE-2009-0148 cscope: multiple buffer overflows
References
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2009-0148.html
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from:
https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at http://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
