A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - Wine: Windows Metafile SETABORTPROC vulnerability. Here the announcement:
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200601-09
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Wine: Windows Metafile SETABORTPROC vulnerability
Date: January 13, 2006
Bugs: #118101
ID: 200601-09
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Synopsis
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There is a flaw in Wine in the handling of Windows Metafiles (WMF)
files, which could possibly result in the execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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Wine is a free implementation of Windows APIs for Unix-like systems.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-emulation/wine < 20050930 >= 20050930
Description
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H D Moore discovered that Wine implements the insecure-by-design
SETABORTPROC GDI Escape function for Windows Metafile (WMF) files.
Impact
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An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted Windows
Metafile (WMF) file from within a Wine executed Windows application,
possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the rights
of the user running Wine.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Wine users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/wine-20050930"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2006-0106
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0106
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200601-09.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
