gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200511-01.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200511-01">
  <title>libgda: Format string vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>
    Two format string vulnerabilities in libgda may lead to the execution of
    arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">libgda</product>
  <announced>November 02, 2005</announced>
  <revised>November 02, 2005: 01</revised>
  <bug>110467</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="gnome-extra/libgda" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.2.2-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.2.2-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    libgda is the library handling the data abstraction layer in the
    Gnome data access architecture (GNOME-DB). It can also be used by
    non-GNOME applications to manage data stored in databases or XML files.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Steve Kemp discovered two format string vulnerabilities in the
    gda_log_error and gda_log_message functions. Some applications may pass
    untrusted input to those functions and be vulnerable.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    An attacker could pass malicious input to an application making
    use of the vulnerable libgda functions, potentially resulting in the
    execution of arbitrary code with the rights of that application.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All libgda users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=gnome-extra/libgda-1.2.2-r1&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2958">CVE-2005-2958</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 30 Oct 2005 15:09:20 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 30 Oct 2005 15:09:33 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 01 Nov 2005 13:44:10 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
</glsa>