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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200908-06">
<title>CDF: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
<synopsis>
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in CDF might result in the execution
of arbitrary code.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">cdf</product>
<announced>2009-08-18</announced>
<revised count="01">2009-08-18</revised>
<bug>278679</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="sci-libs/cdf" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">3.3.0</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">3.3.0</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
CDF is a library for the Common Data Format which is a self-describing
data format for the storage and manipulation of scalar and
multidimensional data. It is developed by the NASA.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
Leon Juranic reported multiple heap-based buffer overflows for instance
in the ReadAEDRList64(), SearchForRecord_r_64(), LastRecord64(), and
CDFsel64() functions.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>
A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted CDF
file, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user running the application, or a Denial of Service.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All CDF users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sci-libs/cdf-3.3.0"</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2850">CVE-2009-2850</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-08-09T15:21:56Z">
rbu
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-08-14T16:20:48Z">
a3li
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-08-18T21:24:15Z">
a3li
</metadata>
</glsa>