Buffer overflow bugs CVE-2011-2516

Bug #807414 reported by John Cooper
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xml-security-c (Debian)
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xml-security-c (Ubuntu)
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Lucid
Fix Released
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Maverick
Fix Released
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Natty
Fix Released
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Oneiric
Fix Released
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Bug Description

There is a buffer overflow in this library.

http://santuario.apache.org/secadv/CVE-2011-2516.txt

This also affects the shibboleth single sign on library as mentioned here and I will add a seperate bug for this:

http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/secadv/secadv_20110706.txt

CVE References

John Cooper (choffee)
visibility: private → public
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Steve Beattie (sbeattie) wrote :

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Since the package referred to in this bug is in universe or multiverse, it is community maintained. If you are able, I suggest posting a debdiff for this issue. When a debdiff is available, members of the security team will review it and publish the package. See the following link for more information: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/UpdateProcedures

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John Cooper (choffee) wrote :

This has now been fixed in Debian

http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-shibboleth/xml-security-c.git;a=tag;h=4b2d1f0c34d472d396f8103be7421c291af5f6a4

Can this patch be applied to the Ubuntu package as well please?

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John Cooper (choffee) wrote :
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Joshua Daniel Franklin (joshuadfranklin) wrote :

I'd love to see this security update synced from debian.

Changed in xml-security-c (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in xml-security-c (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Changed in xml-security-c (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → Triaged
Changed in xml-security-c (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: New → Fix Committed
Changed in xml-security-c (Ubuntu Natty):
status: New → Fix Committed
Changed in xml-security-c (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Changed in xml-security-c (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in xml-security-c (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in xml-security-c (Ubuntu Natty):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in xml-security-c (Debian):
status: Unknown → Fix Released
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Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur) wrote :

I've commented in the merge request. I am unsubscribing ubuntu-security-sponsors for now since there's nothing to do. Once you've fixed the merge request, or have attached a debdiff to correct the issue, please re-subscribe ubuntu-security-sponsors. Thanks!

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