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66 lines
1.9 KiB
<?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="200503-06">
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<title>BidWatcher: Format string vulnerability</title>
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<synopsis>
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BidWatcher is vulnerable to a format string vulnerability, potentially
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allowing arbitrary code execution.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">bidwatcher</product>
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<announced>March 03, 2005</announced>
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<revised>March 03, 2005: 01</revised>
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<bug>82460</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="net-misc/bidwatcher" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">1.3.17</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.3.17</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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BidWatcher is a free auction tool for eBay users to keep track of
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their auctions.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Ulf Harnhammar discovered a format string vulnerability in
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"netstuff.cpp".
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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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Remote attackers can potentially exploit this vulnerability by
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sending specially crafted responses via an eBay HTTP server or a
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man-in-the-middle attack to execute arbitrary malicious code.
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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 BidWatcher 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 ">=net-misc/bidwatcher-1.13.17"</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-2005-0158">CAN-2005-0158</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 1 Mar 2005 08:44:34 +0000">
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koon
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:30:43 +0000">
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koon
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 2 Mar 2005 20:11:39 +0000">
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DerCorny
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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