gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200806-01.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200806-01">
  <title>mtr: Stack-based buffer overflow</title>
  <synopsis>
    A stack-based buffer overflow was found in mtr, possibly resulting in the
    execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">mtr</product>
  <announced>2008-06-03</announced>
  <revised count="01">2008-06-03</revised>
  <bug>223017</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-analyzer/mtr" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.73-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.73-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    mtr combines the functionality of the 'traceroute' and 'ping' programs
    in a single network diagnostic tool.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Adam Zabrocki reported a boundary error within the split_redraw()
    function in the file split.c, possibly leading to a stack-based buffer
    overflow.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>
    A remote attacker could use a specially crafted resolved hostname to
    execute arbitrary code with root privileges. However, it is required
    that the attacker controls the DNS server used by the victim, and that
    the "-p" (or "--split") command line option is used.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All mtr users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-analyzer/mtr-0.73-r1"</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2357">CVE-2008-2357</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-05-26T19:29:01Z">
    keytoaster
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-05-27T21:17:06Z">
    keytoaster
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-06-02T21:28:08Z">
    p-y
  </metadata>
</glsa>