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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="202107-28">
+ <title>GNU Chess: Buffer overflow</title>
+ <synopsis>A buffer overflow in GNU Chess might allow arbitrary code
+ execution.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">gnuchess</product>
+ <announced>2021-07-12</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2021-07-12</revised>
+ <bug>780855</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="games-board/gnuchess" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">6.2.8-r1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">6.2.8-r1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>GNU Chess is a console based chess interfae.</p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>The cmd_pgnload() and cmd_pgnreplay() functions in cmd.cc in GNU Chess
+ to not sufficiently validate PGN file input, potentially resulting in a
+ buffer overflow.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PGN
+ file using GNU Chess, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code
+ with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All GNU Chess users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=games-board/gnuchess-6.2.8-r1"
+ </code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-30184">CVE-2021-30184</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2021-07-06T01:16:05Z">ajak</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2021-07-12T02:45:49Z">ajak</metadata>
+</glsa>