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Subject: [CLA-2001:411] Conectiva Linux Security Announcement - windowmaker
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 18:13:46 -0300
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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PACKAGE : windowmaker
SUMMARY : Remote buffer overflow
DATE : 2001-08-13 18:11:00
ID : CLA-2001:411
RELEVANT
RELEASES : 4.0, 4.0es, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, prg graficos, ecommerce, 5.1, 6.0, 7.0
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DESCRIPTION
Window Maker is a popular window manager.
Robert Marshall reported a crash problem with Window Maker. Further
investigation by Alban Hertroys showed this to be a buffer overflow
in the window title handling code.
Many applications, in particular web browsers, set the window title
to something obtained from the network, such as the title of a
webpage being viewed by an user. Thus this could be exploited
remotely.
The authors of Window Maker, with contributions from Alban Hertroys,
released a new version (0.65.1) which addresses this vulnerability. A
patch was made available for previous versions.
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Window Maker users upgrade their packages.
Versions below 0.65.1 have been patched to correct this
vulnerability.
IMPORTANT: after applying the update, Window Maker has to be
restarted if it was running during the upgrade. To do this, select
"Restart" from the "Exit" menu.
REFERENCES:
1. http://www.windowmaker.org/src/ChangeLog
DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINKS TO THE UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0/SRPMS/WindowMaker-0.60.0-8U40_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0/i386/WindowMaker-0.60.0-8U40_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0es/SRPMS/WindowMaker-0.60.0-8U40_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0es/i386/WindowMaker-0.60.0-8U40_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.1/./4.1/i386/WindowMaker-0.60.0-10U41_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.1/./4.1/SRPMS/WindowMaker-0.60.0-10U41_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.2/SRPMS/WindowMaker-0.61.1-3U42_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.2/i386/WindowMaker-0.61.1-3U42_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/SRPMS/WindowMaker-0.61.1-7U50_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/i386/WindowMaker-0.61.1-7U50_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/SRPMS/WindowMaker-0.62.1-6U_51_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/WindowMaker-0.62.1-6U_51_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/WindowMaker-devel-0.62.1-6U_51_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/SRPMS/WindowMaker-0.62.1-13U60_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/WindowMaker-0.62.1-13U60_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/WindowMaker-devel-0.62.1-13U60_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/SRPMS/WindowMaker-0.65.1-2U70_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/WindowMaker-0.65.1-2U70_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/WindowMaker-doc-0.65.1-2U70_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/WindowMaker-devel-static-0.65.1-2U70_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/WindowMaker-devel-0.65.1-2U70_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/ecommerce/SRPMS/WindowMaker-0.61.1-7U50_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/ecommerce/i386/WindowMaker-0.61.1-7U50_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/graficas/SRPMS/WindowMaker-0.61.1-7U50_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/graficas/i386/WindowMaker-0.61.1-7U50_1cl.i386.rpm
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
Users of Conectiva Linux version 6.0 or higher may use apt to perform
upgrades of RPM packages:
- add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list if it is not there yet
(you may also use linuxconf to do this):
rpm [cncbr] ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br 6.0/conectiva updates
(replace 6.0 with the correct version number if you are not running CL6.0)
- run: apt-get update
- after that, execute: apt-get upgrade
Detailed instructions reagarding the use of apt and upgrade examples
can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en
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All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions
on how to import it can be found at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en
Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be
found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en
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All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en
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