Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1699-1 zaptel -- array index error

Date Reported:

11 Jan 2009

Affected Packages:

zaptel

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 507459, Bug 510583.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-5396, CVE-2008-5744.

More information:

An array index error in zaptel, a set of drivers for telephony hardware, could allow users to crash the system or escalate their privileges by overwriting kernel memory (CVE-2008-5396).

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) and the testing distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.11~dfsg-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your zaptel package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/zaptel_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/zaptel_1.2.11.dfsg.orig.tar.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/zaptel_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1.dsc
Architecture-independent component:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/zaptel-source_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1_all.deb
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/libtonezone-dev_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/libtonezone1_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/zaptel_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1_alpha.deb
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/zaptel_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/libtonezone1_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/libtonezone-dev_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1_amd64.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/zaptel_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/libtonezone1_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/libtonezone-dev_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/libtonezone-dev_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/libtonezone1_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/zaptel_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/libtonezone-dev_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/zaptel_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/libtonezone1_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/zaptel_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/libtonezone1_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/libtonezone-dev_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1_mips.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/libtonezone-dev_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/libtonezone1_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/zaptel_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/zaptel_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/libtonezone-dev_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/libtonezone1_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/libtonezone1_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/libtonezone-dev_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zaptel/zaptel_1.2.11.dfsg-1+etch1_sparc.deb

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