Ubuntu Security Notice USN-890-6
15th April, 2010
cmake vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 9.04
- Ubuntu 8.10
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
Software description
- cmake
Details
USN-890-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Expat. This update provides the
corresponding updates for CMake.
Original advisory details:
Jukka Taimisto, Tero Rontti and Rauli Kaksonen discovered that Expat did
not properly process malformed XML. If a user or application linked against
Expat were tricked into opening a crafted XML file, an attacker could cause
a denial of service via application crash. (CVE-2009-2625, CVE-2009-3720)
It was discovered that Expat did not properly process malformed UTF-8
sequences. If a user or application linked against Expat were tricked into
opening a crafted XML file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via
application crash. (CVE-2009-3560)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 9.04:
- cmake 2.6.2-1ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 8.10:
- cmake 2.6.0-4ubuntu2.1
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
- cmake 2.4.7-1ubuntu0.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.