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authorV3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org>2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201706-13">
+ <title>minicom: Remote execution of arbitrary code</title>
+ <synopsis>An out-of-bounds data access in minicom might allow remote
+ attackers to execute arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">minicom</product>
+ <announced>2017-06-06</announced>
+ <revised>2017-06-06: 1</revised>
+ <bug>615996</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-dialup/minicom" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">2.7.1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">2.7.1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>Minicom is a text-based serial port communications program.</p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>In minicom before version 2.7.1, the escparms[] buffer in vt100.c is
+ vulnerable to an overflow.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A remote attacker, able to connect to a minicom port, could possibly
+ execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a
+ Denial of Service condition.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All minicom users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-dialup/minicom-2.7.1"
+ </code>
+
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7467">CVE-2017-7467</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-04-30T12:15:55Z">BlueKnight</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-06-06T20:02:58Z">whissi</metadata>
+</glsa>