Debian Security Advisory

DSA-2082-1 gmime2.2 -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:
02 Aug 2010
Affected Packages:
gmime2.2
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2010-0409.
More information:

It was discovered that a buffer overflow in the MIME library GMime might lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.22-2+lenny2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.25-1.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your gmime2.2 packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gmime2.2/gmime2.2_2.2.22-2+lenny2.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gmime2.2/gmime2.2_2.2.22.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gmime2.2/gmime2.2_2.2.22-2+lenny2.diff.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gmime2.2/libgmime2.2-cil_2.2.22-2+lenny2_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gmime2.2/libgmime-2.0-2-doc_2.2.22-2+lenny2_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gmime2.2/libgmime-2.0-2a_2.2.22-2+lenny2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gmime2.2/libgmime-2.0-2-dev_2.2.22-2+lenny2_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gmime2.2/libgmime-2.0-2-dev_2.2.22-2+lenny2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gmime2.2/libgmime-2.0-2a_2.2.22-2+lenny2_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gmime2.2/libgmime-2.0-2a_2.2.22-2+lenny2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gmime2.2/libgmime-2.0-2-dev_2.2.22-2+lenny2_arm.deb
ARM EABI:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gmime2.2/libgmime-2.0-2-dev_2.2.22-2+lenny2_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gmime2.2/libgmime-2.0-2a_2.2.22-2+lenny2_armel.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gmime2.2/libgmime-2.0-2-dev_2.2.22-2+lenny2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gmime2.2/libgmime-2.0-2a_2.2.22-2+lenny2_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gmime2.2/libgmime-2.0-2a_2.2.22-2+lenny2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gmime2.2/libgmime-2.0-2-dev_2.2.22-2+lenny2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gmime2.2/libgmime-2.0-2-dev_2.2.22-2+lenny2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gmime2.2/libgmime-2.0-2a_2.2.22-2+lenny2_ia64.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gmime2.2/libgmime-2.0-2a_2.2.22-2+lenny2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gmime2.2/libgmime-2.0-2-dev_2.2.22-2+lenny2_mipsel.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gmime2.2/libgmime-2.0-2-dev_2.2.22-2+lenny2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gmime2.2/libgmime-2.0-2a_2.2.22-2+lenny2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gmime2.2/libgmime-2.0-2-dev_2.2.22-2+lenny2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gmime2.2/libgmime-2.0-2a_2.2.22-2+lenny2_sparc.deb

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