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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201209-19">
+  <title>NUT: Arbitrary code execution</title>
+  <synopsis>A buffer overflow in NUT might allow remote attackers to execute
+    arbitrary code.
+  </synopsis>
+  <product type="ebuild">nut</product>
+  <announced>2012-09-27</announced>
+  <revised count="1">2012-09-27</revised>
+  <bug>419377</bug>
+  <access>remote</access>
+  <affected>
+    <package name="sys-power/nut" auto="yes" arch="*">
+      <unaffected range="ge">2.6.3</unaffected>
+      <vulnerable range="lt">2.6.3</vulnerable>
+    </package>
+  </affected>
+  <background>
+    <p>The Network UPS Tools (NUT) provide support for power devices.</p>
+  </background>
+  <description>
+    <p>An error in the addchar() function in parseconf.c may cause a buffer
+      overflow.
+    </p>
+  </description>
+  <impact type="high">
+    <p>A remote attacker could send a specially crafted string to upsd,
+      possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of
+      the process or a Denial of Service condition.
+    </p>
+  </impact>
+  <workaround>
+    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+  </workaround>
+  <resolution>
+    <p>All NUT users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+    
+    <code>
+      # emerge --sync
+      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sys-power/nut-2.6.3"
+    </code>
+  </resolution>
+  <references>
+    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2944">CVE-2012-2944</uri>
+  </references>
+  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2012-09-20T13:16:15Z">ackle</metadata>
+  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2012-09-27T19:53:02Z">ackle</metadata>
+</glsa>