gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200704-23.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200704-23">
  <title>capi4k-utils: Buffer overflow</title>
  <synopsis>
    capi4k-utils is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the bufprint() function.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">capi4k-utils</product>
  <announced>2007-04-27</announced>
  <revised count="01">2007-04-27</revised>
  <bug>170870</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-dialup/capi4k-utils" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">20050718-r3</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">20050718-r3</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    capi4k-utils is a set of utilities for accessing COMMON-ISDN-API
    software interfaces for ISDN devices.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    The bufprint() function in capi4k-utils fails to properly check
    boundaries of data coming from CAPI packets.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>
    A local attacker could possibly escalate privileges or cause a Denial
    of Service by sending a crafted CAPI packet.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All capi4k-utils users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-dialup/capi4k-utils-20050718-r3"</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2007-1217">CVE-2007-1217</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-03-24T12:42:52Z">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-04-02T14:51:21Z">
    aetius
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-04-03T22:29:34Z">
    falco
  </metadata>
</glsa>