news 28 Posted October 21, 2008 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: ed security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0946-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0946.html Issue date: 2008-10-21 CVE Names: CVE-2008-3916 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: 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. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 - i386, ia64 Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 - ia64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 - i386 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 - i386 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64 3. Description: 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. 4. 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 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 462584 - CVE-2008-3916 ed: Heap-based buffer overflow (arb. code execution) 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 : Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1AS/en/os/SRPMS/ed-0.2-21.1.src.rpm i386: ed-0.2-21.1.i386.rpm ia64: ed-0.2-21.1.ia64.rpm Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1AW/en/os/SRPMS/ed-0.2-21.1.src.rpm ia64: ed-0.2-21.1.ia64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1ES/en/os/SRPMS/ed-0.2-21.1.src.rpm i386: ed-0.2-21.1.i386.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1WS/en/os/SRPMS/ed-0.2-21.1.src.rpm i386: ed-0.2-21.1.i386.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3AS/en/os/SRPMS/ed-0.2-33.30E.1.src.rpm i386: ed-0.2-33.30E.1.i386.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-33.30E.1.i386.rpm ia64: ed-0.2-33.30E.1.ia64.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-33.30E.1.ia64.rpm ppc: ed-0.2-33.30E.1.ppc.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-33.30E.1.ppc.rpm s390: ed-0.2-33.30E.1.s390.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-33.30E.1.s390.rpm s390x: ed-0.2-33.30E.1.s390x.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-33.30E.1.s390x.rpm x86_64: ed-0.2-33.30E.1.x86_64.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-33.30E.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Desktop version 3: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3desktop/en/os/SRPMS/ed-0.2-33.30E.1.src.rpm i386: ed-0.2-33.30E.1.i386.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-33.30E.1.i386.rpm x86_64: ed-0.2-33.30E.1.x86_64.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-33.30E.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3ES/en/os/SRPMS/ed-0.2-33.30E.1.src.rpm i386: ed-0.2-33.30E.1.i386.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-33.30E.1.i386.rpm ia64: ed-0.2-33.30E.1.ia64.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-33.30E.1.ia64.rpm x86_64: ed-0.2-33.30E.1.x86_64.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-33.30E.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3WS/en/os/SRPMS/ed-0.2-33.30E.1.src.rpm i386: ed-0.2-33.30E.1.i386.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-33.30E.1.i386.rpm ia64: ed-0.2-33.30E.1.ia64.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-33.30E.1.ia64.rpm x86_64: ed-0.2-33.30E.1.x86_64.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-33.30E.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.src.rpm i386: ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-36.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ia64: ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-36.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm ppc: ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.ppc.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-36.el4_7.1.ppc.rpm s390: ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.s390.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-36.el4_7.1.s390.rpm s390x: ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-36.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm x86_64: ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-36.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.src.rpm i386: ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-36.el4_7.1.i386.rpm x86_64: ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-36.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.src.rpm i386: ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-36.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ia64: ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-36.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm x86_64: ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-36.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.src.rpm i386: ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-36.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ia64: ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-36.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm x86_64: ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-36.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/ed-0.2-39.el5_2.src.rpm i386: ed-0.2-39.el5_2.i386.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-39.el5_2.i386.rpm x86_64: ed-0.2-39.el5_2.x86_64.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-39.el5_2.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/ed-0.2-39.el5_2.src.rpm i386: ed-0.2-39.el5_2.i386.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-39.el5_2.i386.rpm ia64: ed-0.2-39.el5_2.ia64.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-39.el5_2.ia64.rpm ppc: ed-0.2-39.el5_2.ppc.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-39.el5_2.ppc.rpm s390x: ed-0.2-39.el5_2.s390x.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-39.el5_2.s390x.rpm x86_64: ed-0.2-39.el5_2.x86_64.rpm ed-debuginfo-0.2-39.el5_2.x86_64.rpm 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 7. References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3916 http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2008 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFI/fNVXlSAg2UNWIIRAhUxAKC0CYXQssY2usEEOHhH/9h2Kds1rACdGdU1 Vh/xkV1YxbjRL67/hSbkrvc= =4zNQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Share this post Link to post
