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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200605-14.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200605-14.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..45f2e4f08441 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200605-14.xml @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200605-14"> + <title>libextractor: Two heap-based buffer overflows</title> + <synopsis> + libextractor is vulnerable to two heap overflow vulnerabilities which could + lead to the execution of arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">libextractor</product> + <announced>2006-05-21</announced> + <revised count="01">2006-05-21</revised> + <bug>133570</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="media-libs/libextractor" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.5.14</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">0.5.14</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + libextractor is a library used to extract metadata from arbitrary + files. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Luigi Auriemma has found two heap-based buffer overflows in + libextractor 0.5.13 and earlier: one of them occurs in the + asf_read_header function in the ASF plugin, and the other occurs in the + parse_trak_atom function in the Qt plugin. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + By enticing a user to open a malformed file using an application + that employs libextractor and its ASF or Qt plugins, an attacker could + execute arbitrary code in the context of the application running the + affected library. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All libextractor users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libextractor-0.5.14"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2458">CVE-2006-2458</uri> + <uri link="http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/libextho-adv.txt">Original advisory</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-05-19T13:49:39Z"> + DerCorny + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-05-19T13:49:51Z"> + DerCorny + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-05-19T16:16:14Z"> + falco + </metadata> +</glsa> |