Updated wv packages are available for Mandrakelinux _______________________________________________________________________

Mandrakelinux Security Update Advisory
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Package name: wv
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2004:077
Date: July 29th, 2004

Affected versions: 10.0, 9.2
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Problem Description:

iDefense discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in the wv package which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the vulnerable application.

The updated packages are patched to protect against this problem.



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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0645
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=115&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true
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Updated Packages:

Mandrakelinux 10.0:
7bc8b712dbb5ca6592de05341b6d1489 10.0/RPMS/libwv-1.0_0-1.0.0-1.1.100mdk.i586.rpm
bec8e09ab3be99e622bd62cf6c0cf3df 10.0/RPMS/libwv-1.0_0-devel-1.0.0-1.1.100mdk.i586.rpm
e9795464f2baa0bb36ea2f15d7e420c6 10.0/RPMS/wv-1.0.0-1.1.100mdk.i586.rpm
10a630945f35b4a90f36a6270d98d241 10.0/SRPMS/wv-1.0.0-1.1.100mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.0/AMD64:
e3072c5942b032b547b04dd10a442826 amd64/10.0/RPMS/lib64wv-1.0_0-1.0.0-1.1.100mdk.amd64.rpm
8b369ac8db42130442c003cb7229a7d1 amd64/10.0/RPMS/lib64wv-1.0_0-devel-1.0.0-1.1.100mdk.amd64.rpm
98c5fa468e3815501058461213bb7da7 amd64/10.0/RPMS/wv-1.0.0-1.1.100mdk.amd64.rpm
10a630945f35b4a90f36a6270d98d241 amd64/10.0/SRPMS/wv-1.0.0-1.1.100mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 9.2:
dcf67ddd72cc96ea526d4189dce93edb 9.2/RPMS/libwv-1.0_0-1.0.0-1.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
d9c0629e2c8921a93290aede1b5158f9 9.2/RPMS/libwv-1.0_0-devel-1.0.0-1.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
fa6f235b5934c40af8cb087394bcdefc 9.2/RPMS/wv-1.0.0-1.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
ef345c688ddb57bdbadba00a5b924c79 9.2/SRPMS/wv-1.0.0-1.1.92mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 9.2/AMD64:
a23f13d265c1916c45c514798a37aaad amd64/9.2/RPMS/lib64wv-1.0_0-1.0.0-1.1.92mdk.amd64.rpm
9ca5b4da978fb5c7908cd52018f6e191 amd64/9.2/RPMS/lib64wv-1.0_0-devel-1.0.0-1.1.92mdk.amd64.rpm
568e4b5933ceed44a7c7b30dfff15f80 amd64/9.2/RPMS/wv-1.0.0-1.1.92mdk.amd64.rpm
ef345c688ddb57bdbadba00a5b924c79 amd64/9.2/SRPMS/wv-1.0.0-1.1.92mdk.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

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

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

You can view other update advisories for Mandrakelinux at:

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

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_linux-mandrake.com