Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1221-1 libgsf -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:
30 Nov 2006
Affected Packages:
libgsf
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
No other external database security references currently available.
More information:

infamous41md discovered a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in libgsf, a GNOME library for reading and writing structured file formats, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.11.1-1sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.14.2-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libgsf packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf_1.11.1-1sarge1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf_1.11.1-1sarge1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf_1.11.1.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1_1.11.1-1sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-dbg_1.11.1-1sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-dev_1.11.1-1sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1_1.11.1-1sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1-dbg_1.11.1-1sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1-dev_1.11.1-1sarge1_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1_1.11.1-1sarge1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-dbg_1.11.1-1sarge1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-dev_1.11.1-1sarge1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1_1.11.1-1sarge1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1-dbg_1.11.1-1sarge1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1-dev_1.11.1-1sarge1_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1_1.11.1-1sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-dbg_1.11.1-1sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-dev_1.11.1-1sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1_1.11.1-1sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1-dbg_1.11.1-1sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1-dev_1.11.1-1sarge1_arm.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1_1.11.1-1sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-dbg_1.11.1-1sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-dev_1.11.1-1sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1_1.11.1-1sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1-dbg_1.11.1-1sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1-dev_1.11.1-1sarge1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1_1.11.1-1sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-dbg_1.11.1-1sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-dev_1.11.1-1sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1_1.11.1-1sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1-dbg_1.11.1-1sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1-dev_1.11.1-1sarge1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1_1.11.1-1sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-dbg_1.11.1-1sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-dev_1.11.1-1sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1_1.11.1-1sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1-dbg_1.11.1-1sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1-dev_1.11.1-1sarge1_ia64.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1_1.11.1-1sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-dbg_1.11.1-1sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-dev_1.11.1-1sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1_1.11.1-1sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1-dbg_1.11.1-1sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1-dev_1.11.1-1sarge1_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1_1.11.1-1sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-dbg_1.11.1-1sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-dev_1.11.1-1sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1_1.11.1-1sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1-dbg_1.11.1-1sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1-dev_1.11.1-1sarge1_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1_1.11.1-1sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-dbg_1.11.1-1sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-dev_1.11.1-1sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1_1.11.1-1sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1-dbg_1.11.1-1sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1-dev_1.11.1-1sarge1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1_1.11.1-1sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-dbg_1.11.1-1sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-dev_1.11.1-1sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1_1.11.1-1sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1-dbg_1.11.1-1sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1-dev_1.11.1-1sarge1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1_1.11.1-1sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-dbg_1.11.1-1sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-dev_1.11.1-1sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1_1.11.1-1sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1-dbg_1.11.1-1sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1-dev_1.11.1-1sarge1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1_1.11.1-1sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-dbg_1.11.1-1sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-1-dev_1.11.1-1sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1_1.11.1-1sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1-dbg_1.11.1-1sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgsf/libgsf-gnome-1-dev_1.11.1-1sarge1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.