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[ GLSA 200501-10 ] Vilistextum: Buffer overflow vulnerability
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thierry Carrez)
Thu Jan 6 18:07:54 2005
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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 22:37:05 +0100
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200501-10
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Vilistextum: Buffer overflow vulnerability
Date: January 06, 2005
Bugs: #74694
ID: 200501-10
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Synopsis
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Vilistextum is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that allows an attacker
to execute arbitrary code through the use of a malicious webpage.
Background
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Vilistextum is an HTML to text converter.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-text/vilistextum < 2.6.7 >= 2.6.7
Description
===========
Ariel Berkman discovered that Vilistextum unsafely reads data into an
array without checking the length. This code vulnerability may lead to
a buffer overflow.
Impact
======
A remote attacker could craft a malicious webpage which, when
converted, would result in the execution of arbitrary code with the
rights of the user running Vilistextum.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Vilistextum users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/vilistextum-2.6.7"
References
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[ 1 ] Original Advisory
http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/vilistextum.txt
[ 2 ] CAN-2004-1299
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1299
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200501-10.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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