Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1849-1 xml-security-c -- design flaw

Date Reported:
02 Aug 2009
Affected Packages:
xml-security-c
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2009-0217.
CERT's vulnerabilities, advisories and incident notes: VU#466161.
More information:

It was discovered that the W3C XML Signature recommendation contains a protocol-level vulnerability related to HMAC output truncation. This update implements the proposed workaround in the C++ version of the Apache implementation of this standard, xml-security-c, by preventing truncation to output strings shorter than 80 bits or half of the original HMAC output, whichever is greater.

For the old stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.1-3+etch1.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.0-3+lenny2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.0-4.

We recommend that you upgrade your xml-security-c packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/xml-security-c_1.2.1.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/xml-security-c_1.2.1-3+etch1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/xml-security-c_1.2.1-3+etch1.dsc
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c-doc_1.2.1-3+etch1_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c-dev_1.2.1-3+etch1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c12_1.2.1-3+etch1_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c12_1.2.1-3+etch1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c-dev_1.2.1-3+etch1_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c12_1.2.1-3+etch1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c-dev_1.2.1-3+etch1_arm.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c-dev_1.2.1-3+etch1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c12_1.2.1-3+etch1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c12_1.2.1-3+etch1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c-dev_1.2.1-3+etch1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c-dev_1.2.1-3+etch1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c12_1.2.1-3+etch1_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c-dev_1.2.1-3+etch1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c12_1.2.1-3+etch1_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c-dev_1.2.1-3+etch1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c12_1.2.1-3+etch1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c-dev_1.2.1-3+etch1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c12_1.2.1-3+etch1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c-dev_1.2.1-3+etch1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c12_1.2.1-3+etch1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c-dev_1.2.1-3+etch1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c12_1.2.1-3+etch1_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/xml-security-c_1.4.0.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/xml-security-c_1.4.0-3+lenny2.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/xml-security-c_1.4.0-3+lenny2.diff.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c14_1.4.0-3+lenny2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c-dev_1.4.0-3+lenny2_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c-dev_1.4.0-3+lenny2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c14_1.4.0-3+lenny2_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c14_1.4.0-3+lenny2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c-dev_1.4.0-3+lenny2_arm.deb
ARM EABI:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c14_1.4.0-3+lenny2_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c-dev_1.4.0-3+lenny2_armel.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c-dev_1.4.0-3+lenny2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c14_1.4.0-3+lenny2_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c14_1.4.0-3+lenny2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c-dev_1.4.0-3+lenny2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c-dev_1.4.0-3+lenny2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c14_1.4.0-3+lenny2_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c-dev_1.4.0-3+lenny2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c14_1.4.0-3+lenny2_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c-dev_1.4.0-3+lenny2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c14_1.4.0-3+lenny2_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c-dev_1.4.0-3+lenny2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c14_1.4.0-3+lenny2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c14_1.4.0-3+lenny2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c-dev_1.4.0-3+lenny2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c14_1.4.0-3+lenny2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xml-security-c/libxml-security-c-dev_1.4.0-3+lenny2_sparc.deb

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