From bugzilla@redhat.com Tue Sep 9 14:49:37 2003 From: bugzilla@redhat.com To: redhat-watch-list@redhat.com, bugtraq@securityfocus.com, full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 09:06 -0400 Subject: [Full-Disclosure] [RHSA-2003:264-01] Updated gtkhtml packages fix vulnerability [ The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set. ] [ Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set. ] [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Updated gtkhtml packages fix vulnerability Advisory ID: RHSA-2003:264-01 Issue date: 2003-09-09 Updated on: 2003-09-09 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: Cross references: Obsoletes: RHSA-2003:126 CVE Names: CAN-2003-0541 - --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Topic: Updated gtkhtml packages that fix a null pointer dereference are now available. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Linux 7.3 - i386 Red Hat Linux 8.0 - i386 Red Hat Linux 9 - i386 3. Problem description: GtkHTML is the HTML rendering widget used by the Evolution mail reader. Versions of GtkHTML prior to 1.1.10 contain a bug when handling HTML messages. Alan Cox discovered that certain malformed messages could cause the Evolution mail component to crash due to a null pointer dereference in the GtkHTML library. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2003-0541 to this issue. Users of Evolution are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain GtkHTML version 1.1.10 correcting this issue. Red Hat would like to thank the Ximian security team for investigating and fixing this issue. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run: rpm -Fvh [filenames] where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the desired RPMs. Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. If up2date fails to connect to Red Hat Network due to SSL Certificate Errors, you need to install a version of the up2date client with an updated certificate. The latest version of up2date is available from the Red Hat FTP site and may also be downloaded directly from the RHN website: https://rhn.redhat.com/help/latest-up2date.pxt 5. RPMs required: Red Hat Linux 7.3: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/gtkhtml-1.0.2-1.1.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/gtkhtml-1.0.2-1.1.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/gtkhtml-devel-1.0.2-1.1.i386.rpm Red Hat Linux 8.0: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/SRPMS/gtkhtml-1.0.4-3.1.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/gtkhtml-1.0.4-3.1.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/gtkhtml-devel-1.0.4-3.1.i386.rpm Red Hat Linux 9: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/SRPMS/gtkhtml-1.1.9-0.9.1.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/gtkhtml-1.1.9-0.9.1.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/gtkhtml-devel-1.1.9-0.9.1.i386.rpm 6. Verification: MD5 sum Package Name - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ef522c1e68fbfe0f0ca30dd492f92c15 7.3/en/os/SRPMS/gtkhtml-1.0.2-1.1.src.rpm fd859735eb447b91951f0437d70f80ba 7.3/en/os/i386/gtkhtml-1.0.2-1.1.i386.rpm 23fb9ebaa16ce56fa654f0d4b07d4b33 7.3/en/os/i386/gtkhtml-devel-1.0.2-1.1.i386.rpm 23c388db561ce5501d71e830e54dff12 8.0/en/os/SRPMS/gtkhtml-1.0.4-3.1.src.rpm fa96b2f741be2eef82b7e92320f8e446 8.0/en/os/i386/gtkhtml-1.0.4-3.1.i386.rpm 28cb3e1ae90ff3871c21bcf84e2f29e4 8.0/en/os/i386/gtkhtml-devel-1.0.4-3.1.i386.rpm d4b46f1f6c36d5209e6578ece270e3b6 9/en/os/SRPMS/gtkhtml-1.1.9-0.9.1.src.rpm a392b6bcca7ae45fe60a2e493236eae4 9/en/os/i386/gtkhtml-1.1.9-0.9.1.i386.rpm b8a1e111dd039723fb01dc1d983e9d73 9/en/os/i386/gtkhtml-devel-1.1.9-0.9.1.i386.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key is available from https://www.redhat.com/security/keys.html You can verify each package with the following command: rpm --checksig -v If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command: md5sum 7. References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0541 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://www.redhat.com/solutions/security/news/contact.html Copyright 2003 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/XdBYXlSAg2UNWIIRAmVEAKCWsXx/8oVwh1hPuxRlxZgg7HMJrACeOoqn MiCO1i17uStWyvdCgygntAU= =zZB4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html