LWN.net Logo

Ubuntu alert USN-545-1 (link-grammar)

From:  Kees Cook <kees@ubuntu.com>
To:  ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject:  [USN-545-1] link-grammar vulnerability
Date:  Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:47:48 -0800
Message-ID:  <20071127004748.GL8789@outflux.net>
Cc:  full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk, bugtraq@securityfocus.com

=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-545-1 November 26, 2007 link-grammar vulnerability CVE-2007-5395 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 7.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 7.10: liblink-grammar4 4.2.2-4ubuntu0.7.10.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart AbiWord to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Alin Rad Pop discovered that AbiWord's Link Grammar parser did not correctly handle overly-long words. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, AbiWord, or other applications using Link Grammar, could be made to crash. Updated packages for Ubuntu 7.10: Source archives: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/link-gramma... Size/MD5: 8372 9d6103a3d8b9055aeb8e9fb151c629d8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/link-gramma... Size/MD5: 771 3416e046bf63eefc9b8e185666e11b1e http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/link-gramma... Size/MD5: 742163 798c165b7d7f26e60925c30515c45782 Architecture independent packages: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/link-gramma... Size/MD5: 261630 b4b9b5e5f1a9b4a04dbf4074add17867 amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon): http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/link-gramma... Size/MD5: 129244 0db2bc55f7c9e9f3ce1276020200d6aa http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/link-gramma... Size/MD5: 98100 de97f8c7fa03e774b6038bd326834f7a http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/l/link-gr... Size/MD5: 16430 dbcd4fca4249a475abd450f7009b68de i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD): http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/link-gramma... Size/MD5: 111178 d619bf104ae4b3026b4ac7dd7952d5ee http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/link-gramma... Size/MD5: 90558 912431a563343836f56b20daf237c8e8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/l/link-gr... Size/MD5: 15706 5a72b07d1b6a825a11148193e94bc5e3 powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5): http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/link-gramma... Size/MD5: 130238 7266fb1779805cf1416afb6349142532 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/link-gramma... Size/MD5: 97756 c23f581e5b62c6af38f08906f1f6521e http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/l/link-gr... Size/MD5: 17052 c5005abc099c10b7687dd85123dc29a4 sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC): http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/link-gramma... Size/MD5: 118768 d88eee3ff0a918780689a72f7e14d2fa http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/link-gramma... Size/MD5: 91400 5a14c7a0baa9f2d9ba23f7130896c332 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/l/link-gr... Size/MD5: 16126 6179e67b9eaaef830f1bd7d461fbee62 -- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security...


(Log in to post comments)

Copyright © 2009, Eklektix, Inc.
Comments and public postings are copyrighted by their creators.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds