A new XML-RPC for C and C++ vulnerabilities update is available for Ubuntu Linux. Here the announcement:
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-890-5 February 18, 2010
xmlrpc-c vulnerabilities
CVE-2009-3560, CVE-2009-3720
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 9.10
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 9.10:
libxmlrpc-core-c3 1.06.27-1ubuntu6.1
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart any applications linked
against XML-RPC for C and C++ to effect the necessary changes.
Details follow:
USN-890-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Expat. This update provides the
corresponding updates for XML-RPC for C and C++.
Original advisory details:
Jukka Taimisto, Tero Rontti and Rauli Kaksonen discovered that Expat did
not properly process malformed XML. If a user or application linked against
Expat were tricked into opening a crafted XML file, an attacker could cause
a denial of service via application crash. (CVE-2009-2625, CVE-2009-3720)
It was discovered that Expat did not properly process malformed UTF-8
sequences. If a user or application linked against Expat were tricked into
opening a crafted XML file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via
application crash. (CVE-2009-3560)
Updated packages for Ubuntu 9.10:
Source archives:
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xmlrpc-c/xmlrpc-c_1.06.27=
-1ubuntu6.1.diff.gz
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amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon):
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xmlrpc-c/libxmlrpc-c3-dev=
_1.06.27-1ubuntu6.1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 191574 c2a2705611c5b231cc3bb3437c156f98
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xmlrpc-c/libxmlrpc-c3_1.0=
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http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xmlrpc-c/libxmlrpc-core-c=
3-dev_1.06.27-1ubuntu6.1_amd64.deb
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http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xmlrpc-c/libxmlrpc-core-c=
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http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/x/xmlrpc-c/xml-rpc-api2=
cpp_1.06.27-1ubuntu6.1_amd64.deb
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http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/x/xmlrpc-c/xml-rpc-api2=
txt_1.06.27-1ubuntu6.1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 9380 b807c5c14b048de0e885211d8411e72e
i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD):
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xmlrpc-c/libxmlrpc-c3-dev=
_1.06.27-1ubuntu6.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 182138 7aa09d75854f07632eaa36fd9beb6843
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xmlrpc-c/libxmlrpc-c3_1.0=
6.27-1ubuntu6.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 131416 56f607d37920de0f41c27b69334111e6
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xmlrpc-c/libxmlrpc-core-c=
3-dev_1.06.27-1ubuntu6.1_i386.deb
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http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xmlrpc-c/libxmlrpc-core-c=
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http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/x/xmlrpc-c/xml-rpc-api2=
cpp_1.06.27-1ubuntu6.1_i386.deb
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http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/x/xmlrpc-c/xml-rpc-api2=
txt_1.06.27-1ubuntu6.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 9384 4819490cbfacdd94a8cf0db7f4f17e79
lpia architecture (Low Power Intel Architecture):
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/x/xmlrpc-c/libxmlrpc-c3-dev_1.06.27-1=
ubuntu6.1_lpia.deb
Size/MD5: 180186 39862ee6fb6e16f4dd1003ef8b686028
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/x/xmlrpc-c/libxmlrpc-c3_1.06.27-1ubun=
tu6.1_lpia.deb
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http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/x/xmlrpc-c/libxmlrpc-core-c3-dev_1.06=
.27-1ubuntu6.1_lpia.deb
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http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/x/xmlrpc-c/libxmlrpc-core-c3_1.06.27-=
1ubuntu6.1_lpia.deb
Size/MD5: 88648 8cc8e2985938247771e282fb2ec74ed2
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/universe/x/xmlrpc-c/xml-rpc-api2cpp_1.06.2=
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Size/MD5: 33176 83324c4b95b606fb340f0befff3d31e1
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/universe/x/xmlrpc-c/xml-rpc-api2txt_1.06.2=
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powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5):
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/x/xmlrpc-c/libxmlrpc-c3-dev_1.06.27-1=
ubuntu6.1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 187912 486758dc40e04cf06ad1fdce6ae16e6d
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/x/xmlrpc-c/libxmlrpc-c3_1.06.27-1ubun=
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Size/MD5: 137040 67220384287d2e5b2794a17262445556
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/x/xmlrpc-c/libxmlrpc-core-c3-dev_1.06=
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Size/MD5: 156454 675c23ccc310f179ec1f7997645aac1f
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/x/xmlrpc-c/libxmlrpc-core-c3_1.06.27-=
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Size/MD5: 94152 d2f177d93c783799c63991b64d6ceeb0
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/universe/x/xmlrpc-c/xml-rpc-api2cpp_1.06.2=
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Size/MD5: 33250 98efefe38967441c5c15d3d06e1f4051
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/universe/x/xmlrpc-c/xml-rpc-api2txt_1.06.2=
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Size/MD5: 9386 5b79da5cbaf25ed20b9f11a9c06697e5
sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC):
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/x/xmlrpc-c/libxmlrpc-c3-dev_1.06.27-1=
ubuntu6.1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 183118 3b3bef9a36389a1ba4f92ecd11c95977
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Size/MD5: 119290 4a15dcbdb3429aed9263f3940f04fcd2
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/x/xmlrpc-c/libxmlrpc-core-c3_1.06.27-=
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