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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2005:499 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2005-06-13
Updated:
2005-06-13

RHSA-2005:499 - Security Advisory

  • Overview
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Synopsis

gedit security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An updated gedit package that fixes a file name format string vulnerability
is now available.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team

Description

gEdit is a small text editor designed specifically for the GNOME GUI desktop.

A file name format string vulnerability has been discovered in gEdit. It is
possible for an attacker to create a file with a carefully crafted name
which, when the file is opened, executes arbitrary instructions on a
victim's machine. Although it is unlikely that a user would manually open a
file with such a carefully crafted file name, a user could, for example, be
tricked into opening such a file from within an email client. The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name
CAN-2005-1686 to this issue.

Users of gEdit should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a
backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc

Fixes

  • BZ - 159655 - CAN-2005-1686 filename format string vulnerability

CVEs

  • CVE-2005-1686

References

(none)

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
gedit-2.8.1-4.src.rpm SHA-256: 29769b94d2c0144e1bf7e600bcb792cdfaaeed01e12b0d890cd397fc026b4ddf
x86_64
gedit-2.8.1-4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: edf6aedb22a5d6ab3d55b6adb2511267ab1114aac2624078f6d0035573b7cd9c
gedit-2.8.1-4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: edf6aedb22a5d6ab3d55b6adb2511267ab1114aac2624078f6d0035573b7cd9c
gedit-devel-2.8.1-4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bfdca725bf1fb2adfe86b3343fead32a745b9b6edf1f8061d6b9d165563eb4e0
gedit-devel-2.8.1-4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bfdca725bf1fb2adfe86b3343fead32a745b9b6edf1f8061d6b9d165563eb4e0
ia64
gedit-2.8.1-4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 055cbbea98a811d3dfba3fd929732b69cd9ba47c4e4bf29f34053b985d8c8e09
gedit-2.8.1-4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 055cbbea98a811d3dfba3fd929732b69cd9ba47c4e4bf29f34053b985d8c8e09
gedit-devel-2.8.1-4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 163aab8395dff7d0ec253e424b7ac71fd3967cd3ac9974b77df466fceed93561
gedit-devel-2.8.1-4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 163aab8395dff7d0ec253e424b7ac71fd3967cd3ac9974b77df466fceed93561
i386
gedit-2.8.1-4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 7da16fe1e47c82e1a1ae0d526c52ebe7267b845ff01a3a087e5b79f650319e9f
gedit-2.8.1-4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 7da16fe1e47c82e1a1ae0d526c52ebe7267b845ff01a3a087e5b79f650319e9f
gedit-devel-2.8.1-4.i386.rpm SHA-256: f56c3e594277e8896732e839d2ba17e2812daace4b611819ea99e13617acc3aa
gedit-devel-2.8.1-4.i386.rpm SHA-256: f56c3e594277e8896732e839d2ba17e2812daace4b611819ea99e13617acc3aa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3

SRPM
x86_64
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
gedit-2.8.1-4.src.rpm SHA-256: 29769b94d2c0144e1bf7e600bcb792cdfaaeed01e12b0d890cd397fc026b4ddf
x86_64
gedit-2.8.1-4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: edf6aedb22a5d6ab3d55b6adb2511267ab1114aac2624078f6d0035573b7cd9c
gedit-devel-2.8.1-4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bfdca725bf1fb2adfe86b3343fead32a745b9b6edf1f8061d6b9d165563eb4e0
ia64
gedit-2.8.1-4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 055cbbea98a811d3dfba3fd929732b69cd9ba47c4e4bf29f34053b985d8c8e09
gedit-devel-2.8.1-4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 163aab8395dff7d0ec253e424b7ac71fd3967cd3ac9974b77df466fceed93561
i386
gedit-2.8.1-4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 7da16fe1e47c82e1a1ae0d526c52ebe7267b845ff01a3a087e5b79f650319e9f
gedit-devel-2.8.1-4.i386.rpm SHA-256: f56c3e594277e8896732e839d2ba17e2812daace4b611819ea99e13617acc3aa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3

SRPM
x86_64
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
gedit-2.8.1-4.src.rpm SHA-256: 29769b94d2c0144e1bf7e600bcb792cdfaaeed01e12b0d890cd397fc026b4ddf
x86_64
gedit-2.8.1-4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: edf6aedb22a5d6ab3d55b6adb2511267ab1114aac2624078f6d0035573b7cd9c
gedit-devel-2.8.1-4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bfdca725bf1fb2adfe86b3343fead32a745b9b6edf1f8061d6b9d165563eb4e0
i386
gedit-2.8.1-4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 7da16fe1e47c82e1a1ae0d526c52ebe7267b845ff01a3a087e5b79f650319e9f
gedit-devel-2.8.1-4.i386.rpm SHA-256: f56c3e594277e8896732e839d2ba17e2812daace4b611819ea99e13617acc3aa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3

SRPM
x86_64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
gedit-2.8.1-4.src.rpm SHA-256: 29769b94d2c0144e1bf7e600bcb792cdfaaeed01e12b0d890cd397fc026b4ddf
s390x
gedit-2.8.1-4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 43e4954571edf4795e742d1a2c4886002ac9413c9c89785e8a87c4772a27f953
gedit-devel-2.8.1-4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 88a88006cc049a9475f9851b981ba20dd5ffed306bfb2c149885244aab728d62
s390
gedit-2.8.1-4.s390.rpm SHA-256: 6120f3987b8a20c4bd6d1b2fd678de558808132f59de5f1866200f03dc098c0f
gedit-devel-2.8.1-4.s390.rpm SHA-256: fad0b9e31295c516890e5392c5059621fb882148fe8413d7a4b577bcdda7d33f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3

SRPM
s390x
s390

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
gedit-2.8.1-4.src.rpm SHA-256: 29769b94d2c0144e1bf7e600bcb792cdfaaeed01e12b0d890cd397fc026b4ddf
ppc
gedit-2.8.1-4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 3d3d4a5f240e7c94fa2372917b9d19d97182c3c9cbb7c69b4b9f33ac819562b7
gedit-devel-2.8.1-4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: f0c95dc8580f97e1afe18c5bea73a47206dcf4d1af93d08ddbc60ea99338e8a3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3

SRPM
ppc

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