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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200608-17.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200608-17.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b3ae32b6bffb --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200608-17.xml @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200608-17"> + <title>libwmf: Buffer overflow vulnerability</title> + <synopsis> + libwmf is vulnerable to an integer overflow potentially resulting in the + execution of arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">libwmf</product> + <announced>2006-08-10</announced> + <revised>2006-08-10: 01</revised> + <bug>139325</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="media-libs/libwmf" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.2.8.4</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">0.2.8.4</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + libwmf is a library for reading and converting vector images in + Microsoft's native Windows Metafile Format (WMF). + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + infamous41md discovered that libwmf fails to do proper bounds checking + on the MaxRecordSize variable in the WMF file header. This could lead + to an head-based buffer overflow. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + By enticing a user to open a specially crafted WMF file, a remote + attacker could cause a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary + code with the permissions of the user running the application that uses + libwmf. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround for this issue. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All libwmf users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libwmf-0.2.8.4"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3376">CVE-2006-3376</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-08-07T08:01:55Z"> + falco + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-08-07T12:39:07Z"> + dizzutch + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-08-08T11:33:41Z"> + falco + </metadata> +</glsa> |