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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="200611-20">
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<title>GNU gv: Stack overflow</title>
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<synopsis>
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GNU gv improperly handles user-supplied data possibly allowing for the
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execution of arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">gv</product>
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<announced>November 24, 2006</announced>
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<revised>November 24, 2006: 01</revised>
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<bug>154573</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="app-text/gv" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">3.6.2-r1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">3.6.2-r1</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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GNU gv is a viewer for PostScript and PDF documents.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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GNU gv does not properly boundary check user-supplied data before
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copying it into process buffers.
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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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An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted document
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with GNU gv and execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user on
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the system.
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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.
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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 gv users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/gv-3.6.2-r1"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5864">CVE-2006-5864</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 21 Nov 2006 06:07:37 +0000">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:27:05 +0000">
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shellsage
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 24 Nov 2006 20:18:52 +0000">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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