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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-201312-05.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201312-05">
<title>SWI-Prolog : Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
<synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in SWI-Prolog which allow
attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">swi-prolog</product>
<announced>2013-12-06</announced>
<revised count="1">2013-12-06</revised>
<bug>450284</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="dev-lang/swi-prolog" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">6.2.5</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">6.2.5</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>SWI-Prolog is a free, small, and standard compliant Prolog compiler.</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in SWI-Prolog:
* An error in the canoniseFileName() function could cause a stack-based
buffer overflow (CVE-2012-6089).
* An error in the expand() function could cause a stack-based buffer
overflow (CVE-2012-6090).
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>A context-dependent attack can create files with specially crafted
names, causing arbitrary code execution or a denial of service condition.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>All SWI-Prolog users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-lang/swi-prolog-6.2.5"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-6089">CVE-2012-6089</uri>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-6090">CVE-2012-6090</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2013-01-21T22:27:33Z">ackle</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2013-12-06T05:30:38Z">
BlueKnight
</metadata>
</glsa>