64 lines
1.9 KiB
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64 lines
1.9 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200503-23">
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<title>rxvt-unicode: Buffer overflow</title>
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<synopsis>
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rxvt-unicode is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to the
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execution of arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">rxvt-unicode</product>
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<announced>March 20, 2005</announced>
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<revised>March 20, 2005: 01</revised>
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<bug>84680</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="x11-terms/rxvt-unicode" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">5.3</unaffected>
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<unaffected range="lt">4.8</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">5.3</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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rxvt-unicode is a clone of the well known terminal emulator rxvt.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Rob Holland of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered
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that rxvt-unicode fails to properly check input length.
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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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Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute
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arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running rxvt-unicode.
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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 rxvt-unicode 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 ">=x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-5.3"</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=CAN-2005-0764">CAN-2005-0764</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 15 Mar 2005 14:52:07 +0000">
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koon
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 15 Mar 2005 23:51:13 +0000">
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lewk
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 20 Mar 2005 16:52:52 +0000">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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