Re: [ GLSA 200601-09 ] Wine: Windows Metafile SETABORTPROC vulnerability

[Austin Murkland <amurkland () merydion com>]

Can anyone else verify Steve Gibson's assertion that this flaw was 
intentionally placed by Microsoft programmers?

http://www.grc.com/sn/SN-022.htm

Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen wrote:
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> Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200601-09
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>   Severity: Normal
>      Title: Wine: Windows Metafile SETABORTPROC vulnerability
>       Date: January 13, 2006
>       Bugs: #118101
>         ID: 200601-09
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> Synopsis
> ========
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> There is a flaw in Wine in the handling of Windows Metafiles (WMF)
> files, which could possibly result in the execution of arbitrary code.
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> Background
> ==========
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> Wine is a free implementation of Windows APIs for Unix-like systems.
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> Affected packages
> =================
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>      Package             /  Vulnerable  /                   Unaffected
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>   1  app-emulation/wine     < 20050930                     >= 20050930
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> Description
> ===========
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> H D Moore discovered that Wine implements the insecure-by-design
> SETABORTPROC GDI Escape function for Windows Metafile (WMF) files.
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> Impact
> ======
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> An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted Windows
> Metafile (WMF) file from within a Wine executed Windows application,
> possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the rights
> of the user running Wine.
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> Workaround
> ==========
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> There is no known workaround at this time.
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> Resolution
> ==========
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> All Wine users should upgrade to the latest version:
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>     # emerge --sync
>     # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/wine-20050930"
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> References
> ==========
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>   [ 1 ] CVE-2006-0106
>         http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0106
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> Availability
> ============
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> This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
> the Gentoo Security Website:
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>   http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200601-09.xml
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> Concerns?
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> Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
> confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
> importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
> security () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
> http://bugs.gentoo.org.
>
> License
> =======
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> Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
> belongs to its owner(s).
>
> The contents of this document are licensed under the
> Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
>
> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Austin Murkland
Network Admin.
Merydion Corporation
p. 626.337.0111   f. 626.608.0402

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