Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1194-1 libwmf -- integer overflow

Date Reported:
09 Oct 2006
Affected Packages:
libwmf
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 381538.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-3376.
More information:

It was discovered that an integer overflow in libwmf, the library to read Windows Metafile Format files, can be exploited to execute arbitrary code if a crafted WMF file is parsed.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.2.8.3-2sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.2.8.4-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libwmf package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf_0.2.8.3-2sarge1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf_0.2.8.3-2sarge1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf_0.2.8.3.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-doc_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-bin_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-dev_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf0.2-7_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-bin_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-dev_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf0.2-7_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-bin_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-dev_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf0.2-7_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_arm.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-bin_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-dev_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf0.2-7_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-bin_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-dev_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf0.2-7_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-bin_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-dev_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf0.2-7_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_ia64.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-bin_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-dev_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf0.2-7_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-bin_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-dev_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf0.2-7_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-bin_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-dev_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf0.2-7_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-bin_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-dev_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf0.2-7_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-bin_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-dev_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf0.2-7_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-bin_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf-dev_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libw/libwmf/libwmf0.2-7_0.2.8.3-2sarge1_sparc.deb

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