Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1626-1 httrack -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

01 Aug 2008

Affected Packages:

httrack

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 30425.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-3429.

More information:

Joan Calvet discovered that httrack, a utility to create local copies of websites, is vulnerable to a buffer overflow potentially allowing to execute arbitrary code when passed excessively long URLs.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 3.40.4-3.1+etch1.

For the testing (lenny) and unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.42.3-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your httrack package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/httrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/httrack_3.40.4.orig.tar.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/httrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1.diff.gz
Architecture-independent component:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/httrack-doc_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_all.deb
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/webhttrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/libhttrack1_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/proxytrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/httrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/libhttrack-dev_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_amd64.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/httrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/libhttrack1_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/libhttrack-dev_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/webhttrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/proxytrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_arm.deb
HP Precision:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/httrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/proxytrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/libhttrack1_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/webhttrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/libhttrack-dev_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/httrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/proxytrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/libhttrack-dev_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/webhttrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/libhttrack1_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/proxytrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/httrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/libhttrack-dev_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/webhttrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/libhttrack1_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/libhttrack-dev_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/libhttrack1_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/webhttrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/httrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/proxytrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/libhttrack-dev_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/proxytrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/httrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/webhttrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/libhttrack1_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/proxytrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/libhttrack-dev_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/webhttrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/libhttrack1_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/httrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/httrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/libhttrack-dev_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/libhttrack1_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/webhttrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/proxytrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/proxytrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/libhttrack1_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/webhttrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/libhttrack-dev_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/httrack/httrack_3.40.4-3.1+etch1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.