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authorAlex Legler <alex@a3li.li>2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+
+<glsa id="200611-18">
+ <title>TIN: Multiple buffer overflows</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ Multiple buffer overflows have been reported in TIN, possibly leading to
+ the execution of arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">tin</product>
+ <announced>November 24, 2006</announced>
+ <revised>November 24, 2006: 01</revised>
+ <bug>150229</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-nntp/tin" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.8.2</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.8.2</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ TIN is a threaded NNTP and spool based UseNet newsreader for a variety
+ of platforms.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Urs Janssen and Aleksey Salow have reported multiple buffer overflows
+ in TIN. Additionally, the OpenPKG project has reported an allocation
+ off-by-one flaw which can lead to a buffer overflow.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ An attacker could entice a TIN user to read a specially crafted news
+ article, and execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running
+ TIN.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All TIN users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=net-nntp/tin-1.8.2&quot;</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.005-tin.html">OpenPKG Advisory</uri>
+ <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0804">CVE-2006-0804</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 21 Nov 2006 07:44:01 +0000">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 21 Nov 2006 07:44:13 +0000">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:05:36 +0000">
+ shellsage
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>