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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="200501-15">
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<title>UnRTF: Buffer overflow</title>
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<synopsis>
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A buffer overflow in UnRTF allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code by
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way of a specially crafted RTF file.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">app-text/unrtf</product>
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<announced>January 10, 2005</announced>
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<revised>January 10, 2005: 01</revised>
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<bug>74480</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="app-text/unrtf" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">0.19.3-r1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">0.19.3-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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UnRTF is a utility to convert files in the Rich Text Format into
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other formats.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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An unchecked strcat() in unrtf may overflow the bounds of a static
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buffer.
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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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Using a specially crafted file, possibly delivered by e-mail or
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over the web, an attacker may execute arbitrary code with the
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permissions of the user running UnRTF.
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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 unrtf 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/unrtf-0.19.3-r1"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/unrtf.txt">Original Announcement</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 8 Jan 2005 19:54:59 +0000">
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vorlon078
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sat, 8 Jan 2005 19:55:37 +0000">
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vorlon078
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 9 Jan 2005 05:15:13 +0000">
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dmargoli
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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