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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2008:0946 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2008-10-21
Updated:
2008-10-21

RHSA-2008:0946 - Security Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

Moderate: ed 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 ed package that fixes one security issue is now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4 and 5.

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

Description

ed is a line-oriented text editor, used to create, display, and modify
text files (both interactively and via shell scripts).

A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the way ed, the GNU line
editor, processed long file names. An attacker could create a file with a
specially-crafted name that could possibly execute an arbitrary code when
opened in the ed editor. (CVE-2008-3916)

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

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
  • 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 Server 2 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.2 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.2 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.7 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.7 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 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 Workstation 2 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 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 5 s390x
  • 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 IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.2 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.2 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.7 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 462584 - CVE-2008-3916 ed: Heap-based buffer overflow (arb. code execution)

CVEs

  • CVE-2008-3916

References

  • http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
x86_64
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7357334787bae7e0593d03080a05cbd6b513558f1bf94b90cd342443350f835e
ia64
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 76228a7bde7e1efe0c57d06034fd316f844955cbfab0d21be745539bc96b1f77
i386
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.i386.rpm SHA-256: d78d0c2b9018f129aec10717b667e07fe22f99bd6714ce8076f8c9b9e4fb474f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
x86_64
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e7b38c2c5a39d3d7616830a83dbc9c9caca5b2f6331dbff3702a5c0bb13ca280
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e7b38c2c5a39d3d7616830a83dbc9c9caca5b2f6331dbff3702a5c0bb13ca280
ia64
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 209b2a76ca914250e08362d8ab416d0ff5b91c521aa72b94c0fd384121478391
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 209b2a76ca914250e08362d8ab416d0ff5b91c521aa72b94c0fd384121478391
i386
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1f13823296065cce8b46ba01ee308d28dac2b1d039a52667796cae6d67582239
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1f13823296065cce8b46ba01ee308d28dac2b1d039a52667796cae6d67582239

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3

SRPM
x86_64
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2

SRPM
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.2

SRPM
x86_64
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.7

SRPM
x86_64
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e7b38c2c5a39d3d7616830a83dbc9c9caca5b2f6331dbff3702a5c0bb13ca280
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e7b38c2c5a39d3d7616830a83dbc9c9caca5b2f6331dbff3702a5c0bb13ca280
ia64
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 209b2a76ca914250e08362d8ab416d0ff5b91c521aa72b94c0fd384121478391
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 209b2a76ca914250e08362d8ab416d0ff5b91c521aa72b94c0fd384121478391
i386
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1f13823296065cce8b46ba01ee308d28dac2b1d039a52667796cae6d67582239
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1f13823296065cce8b46ba01ee308d28dac2b1d039a52667796cae6d67582239

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
x86_64
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7357334787bae7e0593d03080a05cbd6b513558f1bf94b90cd342443350f835e
i386
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.i386.rpm SHA-256: d78d0c2b9018f129aec10717b667e07fe22f99bd6714ce8076f8c9b9e4fb474f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
x86_64
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e7b38c2c5a39d3d7616830a83dbc9c9caca5b2f6331dbff3702a5c0bb13ca280
ia64
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 209b2a76ca914250e08362d8ab416d0ff5b91c521aa72b94c0fd384121478391
i386
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1f13823296065cce8b46ba01ee308d28dac2b1d039a52667796cae6d67582239

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3

SRPM
x86_64
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2

SRPM
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
x86_64
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7357334787bae7e0593d03080a05cbd6b513558f1bf94b90cd342443350f835e
i386
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.i386.rpm SHA-256: d78d0c2b9018f129aec10717b667e07fe22f99bd6714ce8076f8c9b9e4fb474f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
x86_64
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e7b38c2c5a39d3d7616830a83dbc9c9caca5b2f6331dbff3702a5c0bb13ca280
i386
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1f13823296065cce8b46ba01ee308d28dac2b1d039a52667796cae6d67582239

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3

SRPM
x86_64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
s390x
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 9b850842a86fe0944e884c45e2925a761f577f2efab1f2c4f00b68d9b3fed077

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
s390x
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 64f3c0885b88d83944adc0ec1162ad7444b81a8891f268d613d841f1abcb1426
s390
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.s390.rpm SHA-256: 243fdd829cd92782315b868b907bb9a94845f3ca129828d2c116e93afae4a288

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3

SRPM
s390x
s390

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.2

SRPM
s390x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7

SRPM
s390x
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 64f3c0885b88d83944adc0ec1162ad7444b81a8891f268d613d841f1abcb1426
s390
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.s390.rpm SHA-256: 243fdd829cd92782315b868b907bb9a94845f3ca129828d2c116e93afae4a288

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
ppc
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 1adba234c0dc9ba5f832aea7cd1a17ad96b211d0f53908deb7fc53e26fe8887a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
ppc
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: bb9bec33d918c774d4fc38ade9f7c13740623e57088ecf39687627c1f26d2731

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3

SRPM
ppc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.2

SRPM
ppc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.7

SRPM
ppc
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: bb9bec33d918c774d4fc38ade9f7c13740623e57088ecf39687627c1f26d2731

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
x86_64
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7357334787bae7e0593d03080a05cbd6b513558f1bf94b90cd342443350f835e
i386
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.i386.rpm SHA-256: d78d0c2b9018f129aec10717b667e07fe22f99bd6714ce8076f8c9b9e4fb474f

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