Mandrake alert: Updated gtkhtml packages fix vulnerability

Posted by dave on Sep 18, 2003 8:43 PM EDT
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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, versions prior to 1.1.0.

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                Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory
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Package name:           gtkhtml
Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2003:093
Date:                   September 18th, 2003

Affected versions:	9.0, Corporate Server 2.1
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Problem Description:

 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, versions prior to 1.1.0.
 
 The updated package provides a patched version of GtkHTML; versions of
 Mandrake Linux more recent than 9.0 do not require this fix as they
 already come with version 1.1.0.
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References:
  
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0541
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Updated Packages:
  
 Corporate Server 2.1:
 8fff610cfe6d31ab32833a52a6937b5b  corporate/2.1/RPMS/libgtkhtml20-1.0.4-4.1.90mdk.i586.rpm
 2e044e668ab66f1cbffbb09365494b7a  corporate/2.1/RPMS/libgtkhtml20-devel-1.0.4-4.1.90mdk.i586.rpm
 ae52b73667079e1fa604717d87640258  corporate/2.1/RPMS/gtkhtml-1.0.4-4.1.90mdk.i586.rpm
 02a15f57e85cc7d4be925304dec3dcfb  corporate/2.1/SRPMS/gtkhtml-1.0.4-4.1.90mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate Server 2.1/x86_64:
 1f7a5c793e476bb75aca9a0cbfd4ce70  x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/libgtkhtml20-1.0.4-4.1.90mdk.x86_64.rpm
 f1ea6dac507cfb2dd8874cfd8f034484  x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/libgtkhtml20-devel-1.0.4-4.1.90mdk.x86_64.rpm
 073f8f4585ea46c5345d888b7b9c80ac  x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/gtkhtml-1.0.4-4.1.90mdk.x86_64.rpm
 02a15f57e85cc7d4be925304dec3dcfb  x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/gtkhtml-1.0.4-4.1.90mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 9.0:
 8fff610cfe6d31ab32833a52a6937b5b  9.0/RPMS/libgtkhtml20-1.0.4-4.1.90mdk.i586.rpm
 2e044e668ab66f1cbffbb09365494b7a  9.0/RPMS/libgtkhtml20-devel-1.0.4-4.1.90mdk.i586.rpm
 ae52b73667079e1fa604717d87640258  9.0/RPMS/gtkhtml-1.0.4-4.1.90mdk.i586.rpm
 02a15f57e85cc7d4be925304dec3dcfb  9.0/SRPMS/gtkhtml-1.0.4-4.1.90mdk.src.rpm
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Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information):
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To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi.  The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

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  http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php

All packages are signed by MandrakeSoft for security.  You can obtain
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  gpg --recv-keys --keyserver http://www.mandrakesecure.net 0x22458A98

Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours to
update.

You can view other update advisories for Mandrake Linux at:

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Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team
  <security linux-mandrake.com>
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