- Issued:
- 2009-06-15
- Updated:
- 2009-06-15
RHSA-2009:1101 - Moderate: cscope security update
Synopsis
Moderate: cscope security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory Moderate
Topic
An updated cscope package that fixes multiple security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.
This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Description
cscope is a mature, ncurses-based, C source-code tree browsing tool.
Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in cscope. An attacker could create a specially crafted source code file that could cause cscope to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when browsed with cscope. (CVE-2004-2541, CVE-2006-4262, CVE-2009-0148, CVE-2009-1577)
All users of cscope are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to fix these issues. All running instances of cscope must be restarted for this update to take effect.
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 This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 4.8 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 4.8 | ia64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 4.8 | i386 |
| 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 | 4.8 | ppc |
| 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 | 4.8 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 4.8 | s390 |
| 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 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 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 |
Updated Packages
- cscope-15.5-10.RHEL4.3.i386.rpm
- cscope-15.5-10.RHEL4.3.ia64.rpm
- cscope-15.5-10.RHEL4.3.ppc.rpm
- cscope-15.5-10.RHEL4.3.src.rpm
- cscope-15.5-10.RHEL4.3.x86_64.rpm
- cscope-15.5-10.RHEL4.3.s390.rpm
- cscope-15.5-10.RHEL4.3.s390x.rpm
Fixes
- This content is not included.BZ - 203645
- This content is not included.BZ - 490667
- This content is not included.BZ - 499174
CVEs
References
Additional information
- The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
- Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.