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66 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200406-14">
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<title>aspell: Buffer overflow in word-list-compress</title>
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<synopsis>
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A bug in the aspell utility word-list-compress can allow an attacker to
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execute arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">aspell</product>
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<announced>June 17, 2004</announced>
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<revised>May 22, 2006: 03</revised>
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<bug>53389</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="app-text/aspell" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">0.50.5-r4</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="le">0.50.5-r3</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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aspell is a popular spell-checker. Dictionaries are available for many
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languages.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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aspell includes a utility for handling wordlists called
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word-list-compress. This utility fails to do proper bounds checking
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when processing words longer than 256 bytes.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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If an attacker could entice a user to handle a wordlist containing very
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long word lengths it could result in the execution of arbitrary code
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with the permissions of the user running the program.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to
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upgrade to the latest available version.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All users should upgrade to the latest available version of aspell.
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge sync
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# emerge -pv ">=app-text/aspell-0.50.5-r4"
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# emerge ">=app-text/aspell-0.50.5-r4"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://nettwerked.mg2.org/advisories/wlc">Nettwerked Advisory</uri>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0548">CVE-2004-0548</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="submitter">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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