Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1971-1 libthai -- integer overflow

Date Reported:

15 Jan 2010

Affected Packages:

libthai

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2009-4012.

More information:

Tim Starling discovered that libthai, a set of Thai language support routines, is vulnerable of integer/heap overflow. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to run arbitrary code by sending a very long string.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.1.6-1+etch1.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.1.9-4+lenny1.

For the testing distribution (squeeze), and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your libthai package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai_0.1.6-1+etch1.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai_0.1.6.orig.tar.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai_0.1.6-1+etch1.diff.gz
Architecture-independent component:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai-doc_0.1.6-1+etch1_all.deb
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai0_0.1.6-1+etch1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai-dev_0.1.6-1+etch1_alpha.deb
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai0_0.1.6-1+etch1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai-dev_0.1.6-1+etch1_amd64.deb
HP Precision:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai-dev_0.1.6-1+etch1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai0_0.1.6-1+etch1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai0_0.1.6-1+etch1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai-dev_0.1.6-1+etch1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai-dev_0.1.6-1+etch1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai0_0.1.6-1+etch1_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai-dev_0.1.6-1+etch1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai0_0.1.6-1+etch1_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai-dev_0.1.6-1+etch1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai0_0.1.6-1+etch1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai-dev_0.1.6-1+etch1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai0_0.1.6-1+etch1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai0_0.1.6-1+etch1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai-dev_0.1.6-1+etch1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai-dev_0.1.6-1+etch1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai0_0.1.6-1+etch1_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai_0.1.9.orig.tar.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai_0.1.9-4+lenny1.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai_0.1.9-4+lenny1.diff.gz
Architecture-independent component:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai-doc_0.1.9-4+lenny1_all.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai-data_0.1.9-4+lenny1_all.deb
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai0_0.1.9-4+lenny1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai-dev_0.1.9-4+lenny1_alpha.deb
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai-dev_0.1.9-4+lenny1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai0_0.1.9-4+lenny1_amd64.deb
ARM EABI:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai-dev_0.1.9-4+lenny1_armel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai0_0.1.9-4+lenny1_armel.deb
HP Precision:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai-dev_0.1.9-4+lenny1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai0_0.1.9-4+lenny1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai0_0.1.9-4+lenny1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai-dev_0.1.9-4+lenny1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai-dev_0.1.9-4+lenny1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai0_0.1.9-4+lenny1_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai-dev_0.1.9-4+lenny1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai0_0.1.9-4+lenny1_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai0_0.1.9-4+lenny1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai-dev_0.1.9-4+lenny1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai-dev_0.1.9-4+lenny1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai0_0.1.9-4+lenny1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai-dev_0.1.9-4+lenny1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai0_0.1.9-4+lenny1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai-dev_0.1.9-4+lenny1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libthai/libthai0_0.1.9-4+lenny1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.