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author | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100 |
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committer | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100 |
commit | 4f2d7949f03e1c198bc888f2d05f421d35c57e21 (patch) | |
tree | ba5f07bf3f9d22d82e54a462313f5d244036c768 /metadata/glsa/glsa-200703-24.xml |
reinit the tree, so we can have metadata
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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200703-24.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200703-24.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..5f7ebd9cca4d --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200703-24.xml @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200703-24"> + <title>mgv: Stack overflow in included gv code</title> + <synopsis> + mgv improperly handles user-supplied data possibly allowing for the + execution of arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">mgv</product> + <announced>2007-03-26</announced> + <revised>2007-03-26: 01</revised> + <bug>154645</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-text/mgv" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <vulnerable range="le">3.1.5</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + mgv is a Postscript viewer with a Motif interface, based on Ghostview + and GNU gv. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + mgv includes code from gv that does not properly boundary check + user-supplied data before copying it into process buffers. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted Postscript + document with mgv and possibly execute arbitrary code with the rights + of the user running mgv. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + mgv is currently unmaintained, and the mgv website no longer exists. As + such, the mgv package has been masked in Portage. We recommend that + users select an alternate Postscript viewer such as ghostview or + GSview, and unmerge mgv: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --unmerge "app-text/mgv"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5864">CVE-2006-5864</uri> + <uri link="https://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-20.xml">GLSA 200611-20</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-03-14T07:32:05Z"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-03-20T02:27:18Z"> + aetius + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-03-26T19:59:57Z"> + falco + </metadata> +</glsa> |