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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-200711-27.xml |
reinit the tree, so we can have metadata
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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200711-27.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200711-27.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6e90d53e5273 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200711-27.xml @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200711-27"> + <title>Link Grammar: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title> + <synopsis> + A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Link Grammar. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">link-grammar</product> + <announced>2007-11-18</announced> + <revised>2007-11-18: 01</revised> + <bug>196803</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="dev-libs/link-grammar" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">4.2.4-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">4.2.4-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + The Link Grammar parser is a syntactic parser of English, based on link + grammar, an original theory of English syntax. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Alin Rad Pop from Secunia Research discovered a boundary error in the + function separate_sentence() in file tokenize.c when processing an + overly long word which might lead to a stack-based buffer overflow. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote attacker could entice a user to parse a specially crafted + sentence, resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the + privileges of the user running the application. Note that this + vulnerability may be triggered by an application using Link Grammar to + parse sentences (e.g. AbiWord). + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Link Grammar users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/link-grammar-4.2.4-r1"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5395">CVE-2007-5395</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-11-14T17:43:19Z"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-11-17T19:29:25Z"> + p-y + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-11-17T19:29:34Z"> + p-y + </metadata> +</glsa> |