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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1890-1 (wxwindows2.4 wxwidgets2.6 wxwidgets2.8)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

14 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update to wxwindows2.4 wxwidgets2.6 wxwidgets2.8 announced via advisory DSA 1890-1.

Insight

Insight

Tielei Wang has discovered an integer overflow in wxWidgets, the wxWidgets Cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit, which allows the execution of arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG file. For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.5.1.1+etch1 for wxwindows2.4 and version 2.6.3.2.1.5+etch1 for wxwidgets2.6. For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.3.2.2-3+lenny1 for wxwidgets2.6 and version 2.8.7.1-1.1+lenny1 for wxwidgets2.8. For the testing distribution (squeeze), this problem will be fixed soon. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.7.1-2 for wxwidgets2.8 and will be fixed soon for wxwidgets2.6. We recommend that you upgrade your wxwidgets packages.

Solution

Solution

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201890-1

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