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author | Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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committer | Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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diff --git a/glsa-200611-20.xml b/glsa-200611-20.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ce58680e --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200611-20.xml @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200611-20"> + <title>GNU gv: Stack overflow</title> + <synopsis> + GNU gv improperly handles user-supplied data possibly allowing for the + execution of arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">gv</product> + <announced>November 24, 2006</announced> + <revised>November 24, 2006: 01</revised> + <bug>154573</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-text/gv" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">3.6.2-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">3.6.2-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + GNU gv is a viewer for PostScript and PDF documents. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + GNU gv does not properly boundary check user-supplied data before + copying it into process buffers. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted document + with GNU gv and execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user on + the system. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All gv users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/gv-3.6.2-r1"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5864">CVE-2006-5864</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 21 Nov 2006 06:07:37 +0000"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:27:05 +0000"> + shellsage + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 24 Nov 2006 20:18:52 +0000"> + jaervosz + </metadata> +</glsa> |