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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="200506-09">
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<title>gedit: Format string vulnerability</title>
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<synopsis>
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gedit suffers from a format string vulnerability that could allow arbitrary
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code execution.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">gedit</product>
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<announced>June 11, 2005</announced>
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<revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised>
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<bug>93352</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="app-editors/gedit" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">2.10.3</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">2.10.3</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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gedit is the official text editor of the GNOME desktop environement.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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A format string vulnerability exists when opening files with names
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containing format specifiers.
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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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A specially crafted file with format specifiers in the filename can
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cause arbitrary code execution.
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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 are no known workarounds 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 gedit 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-editors/gedit-2.10.3"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13699">BugTraq ID 13699</uri>
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<uri link="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2005-June/msg00006.html">gedit 10.3 Release Notes</uri>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-1686">CVE-2005-1686</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 10 Jun 2005 14:36:10 +0000">
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koon
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 10 Jun 2005 17:36:40 +0000">
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r2d2
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sat, 11 Jun 2005 11:59:18 +0000">
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koon
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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