Synopsis

dia security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Topic

An updated Dia package that fixes several buffer overflow bugs are now
available.

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

Description

The Dia drawing program is designed to draw various types of diagrams.

infamous41md discovered three buffer overflow bugs in Dia's xfig file
format importer. If an attacker is able to trick a Dia user into opening a
carefully crafted xfig file, it may be possible to execute arbitrary code
as the user running Dia. (CVE-2006-1550)

Users of Dia should update to these erratum packages, which contain
backported patches and are not vulnerable to these issues.

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 2 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 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 2 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 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 Power, big endian 4 ppc

Fixes

• BZ - 187401 - CVE-2006-1550 Dia multiple buffer overflows

CVEs

• CVE-2006-1550

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
x86_64
dia-0.94-5.4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 35250b4797a728adc7aabdd76ed598b6977bd30a07fd5786b1013ca1a6fac23c
dia-0.94-5.4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 35250b4797a728adc7aabdd76ed598b6977bd30a07fd5786b1013ca1a6fac23c
ia64
dia-0.94-5.4.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: d775e7243acb6daed4b9345da9c46187554a4efcd3bac07977f7edf9d1d683ed
dia-0.94-5.4.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: d775e7243acb6daed4b9345da9c46187554a4efcd3bac07977f7edf9d1d683ed
i386
dia-0.94-5.4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 63a8852e5da31d09e1e316b4377a70e2645fefabc2924fe8ed538ebe0054d706
dia-0.94-5.4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 63a8852e5da31d09e1e316b4377a70e2645fefabc2924fe8ed538ebe0054d706

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
x86_64
dia-0.94-5.4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 35250b4797a728adc7aabdd76ed598b6977bd30a07fd5786b1013ca1a6fac23c
ia64
dia-0.94-5.4.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: d775e7243acb6daed4b9345da9c46187554a4efcd3bac07977f7edf9d1d683ed
i386
dia-0.94-5.4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 63a8852e5da31d09e1e316b4377a70e2645fefabc2924fe8ed538ebe0054d706

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
x86_64
dia-0.94-5.4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 35250b4797a728adc7aabdd76ed598b6977bd30a07fd5786b1013ca1a6fac23c
i386
dia-0.94-5.4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 63a8852e5da31d09e1e316b4377a70e2645fefabc2924fe8ed538ebe0054d706

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
s390x
dia-0.94-5.4.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 80f599f371a06ede5c70911b9359e4a447720125d62dd043587b4dc74c1e1b5c
s390
dia-0.94-5.4.s390.rpm	SHA-256: c6c8a8b65fc4ef1689ca388eca024225ca8d4abdd856264f780b8da7e6a5ee57

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
ppc
dia-0.94-5.4.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 2711b3d4295cf370cba15d107c9fed47e2120eeacb6c87090935030df2a1913e