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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-219

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-219
Posted Dec 7, 2009
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-219 - A vulnerability was found in xmltok_impl.c (expat) that with specially crafted XML could be exploited and lead to a denial of service attack. Related to CVE-2009-2625. Additionally on 2009.0 a patch was added to prevent kompozer from crashing (#44830), on 2009.1 a format string patch was added to make it build with the -Wformat -Werror=format-security gcc optimization switch added in 2009.1 This update fixes these issues. Packages for 2008.0 are being provided due to extended support for Corporate products.

tags | advisory, denial of service
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2009-3720
SHA-256 | 259cb51fc64a68087231271bc5f45382e6323dbe446bfc341aebee2d99bdd46f

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-219

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:219-1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : kompozer
Date : December 6, 2009
Affected: 2008.0
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Problem Description:

A vulnerability was found in xmltok_impl.c (expat) that with
specially crafted XML could be exploited and lead to a denial of
service attack. Related to CVE-2009-2625 (CVE-2009-3720).

Additionally on 2009.0 a patch was added to prevent kompozer from
crashing (#44830), on 2009.1 a format string patch was added to make
it build with the -Wformat -Werror=format-security gcc optimization
switch added in 2009.1

This update fixes these issues.

Update:

Packages for 2008.0 are being provided due to extended support for
Corporate products.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3720
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=280615
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Linux 2008.0:
a3cbe341c540bccc0badddf8d8108904 2008.0/i586/kompozer-0.7.10-1.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
b93522273b45f22f40ac9e6a2e68ca5b 2008.0/i586/kompozer-devel-0.7.10-1.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
09fca5488b64736059dc13372f61445f 2008.0/SRPMS/kompozer-0.7.10-1.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64:
a82499ea4a1616f4404f2b7d19e4b481 2008.0/x86_64/kompozer-0.7.10-1.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
7e04756146312ccff170636b036bda0d 2008.0/x86_64/kompozer-devel-0.7.10-1.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
09fca5488b64736059dc13372f61445f 2008.0/SRPMS/kompozer-0.7.10-1.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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<security*mandriva.com>
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