gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-201203-11.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201203-11">
<title>usbmuxd: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
<synopsis>A buffer overflow vulnerability in usbmuxd could result in the
execution of arbitrary code.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">usbmuxd</product>
<announced>2012-03-06</announced>
<revised count="1">2012-03-06</revised>
<bug>399409</bug>
<access>local</access>
<affected>
<package name="app-pda/usbmuxd" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">1.0.7-r1</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">1.0.7-r1</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>usbmuxd is a USB multiplex daemon for use with Apple iPhone and iPod
Touch devices.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>The "receive_packet()" function in libusbmuxd.c contains a boundary
error when parsing the "SerialNumber" field of a USB device, which could
cause a heap-based buffer overflow.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>An attacker could gain physical access or entice a user to connect to a
malicious USB device, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code
with the privileges of the "usbmux" user.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>All usbmuxd users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-pda/usbmuxd-1.0.7-r1"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0065">CVE-2012-0065</uri>
</references>
<metadata timestamp="2012-01-23T14:30:43Z" tag="requester">ago</metadata>
<metadata timestamp="2012-03-06T01:43:19Z" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>