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author | Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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committer | Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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diff --git a/glsa-200703-24.xml b/glsa-200703-24.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..681ec241 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200703-24.xml @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +<?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="200703-24"> + <title>mgv: Stack overflow in included gv code</title> + <synopsis> + mgv improperly handles user-supplied data possibly allowing for the + execution of arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">mgv</product> + <announced>March 26, 2007</announced> + <revised>March 26, 2007: 01</revised> + <bug>154645</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-text/mgv" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <vulnerable range="le">3.1.5</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + mgv is a Postscript viewer with a Motif interface, based on Ghostview + and GNU gv. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + mgv includes code from gv that does not properly boundary check + user-supplied data before copying it into process buffers. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted Postscript + document with mgv and possibly execute arbitrary code with the rights + of the user running mgv. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + mgv is currently unmaintained, and the mgv website no longer exists. As + such, the mgv package has been masked in Portage. We recommend that + users select an alternate Postscript viewer such as ghostview or + GSview, and unmerge mgv: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --unmerge "app-text/mgv"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5864">CVE-2006-5864</uri> + <uri link="/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-20.xml">GLSA 200611-20</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 14 Mar 2007 07:32:05 +0000"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 20 Mar 2007 02:27:18 +0000"> + aetius + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:59:57 +0000"> + falco + </metadata> +</glsa> |