Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1958-1 libtool -- privilege escalation
- Date Reported:
- 29 Dec 2009
- Affected Packages:
- libtool
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2009-3736.
- More information:
-
It was discovered that ltdl, a system-independent dlopen wrapper for GNU libtool, can be tricked to load and run modules from an arbitrary directory, which might be used to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running an application that uses libltdl.
For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.22-4+etch1.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.26-4+lenny1.
For the testing distribution (squeeze) and unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in 2.2.6b-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libtool packages.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.22-4+etch1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.22.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.22-4+etch1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.22.orig.tar.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool-doc_1.5.22-4+etch1_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.22-4+etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.22-4+etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.22-4+etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.22-4+etch1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.22-4+etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.22-4+etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.22-4+etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.22-4+etch1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.22-4+etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.22-4+etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.22-4+etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.22-4+etch1_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.22-4+etch1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.22-4+etch1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.22-4+etch1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.22-4+etch1_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.22-4+etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.22-4+etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.22-4+etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.22-4+etch1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.22-4+etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.22-4+etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.22-4+etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.22-4+etch1_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.22-4+etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.22-4+etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.22-4+etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.22-4+etch1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.22-4+etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.22-4+etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.22-4+etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.22-4+etch1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.22-4+etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.22-4+etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.22-4+etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.22-4+etch1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.22-4+etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.22-4+etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.22-4+etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.22-4+etch1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.22-4+etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.22-4+etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.22-4+etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.22-4+etch1_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.26-4+lenny1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.26-4+lenny1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.26.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.26-4+lenny1.dsc
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool-doc_1.5.26-4+lenny1_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.26-4+lenny1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.26-4+lenny1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.26-4+lenny1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.26-4+lenny1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.26-4+lenny1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.26-4+lenny1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.26-4+lenny1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.26-4+lenny1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.26-4+lenny1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.26-4+lenny1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.26-4+lenny1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.26-4+lenny1_arm.deb
- ARM EABI:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.26-4+lenny1_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.26-4+lenny1_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.26-4+lenny1_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.26-4+lenny1_armel.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.26-4+lenny1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.26-4+lenny1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.26-4+lenny1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.26-4+lenny1_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.26-4+lenny1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.26-4+lenny1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.26-4+lenny1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.26-4+lenny1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.26-4+lenny1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.26-4+lenny1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.26-4+lenny1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.26-4+lenny1_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.26-4+lenny1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.26-4+lenny1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.26-4+lenny1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.26-4+lenny1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.26-4+lenny1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.26-4+lenny1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.26-4+lenny1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.26-4+lenny1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.26-4+lenny1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.26-4+lenny1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.26-4+lenny1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.26-4+lenny1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.26-4+lenny1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.26-4+lenny1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.26-4+lenny1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.26-4+lenny1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.26-4+lenny1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.26-4+lenny1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libtool_1.5.26-4+lenny1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3-dev_1.5.26-4+lenny1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.