<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200608-27"> <title>Motor: Execution of arbitrary code</title> <synopsis> Motor uses a vulnerable ktools library, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">motor</product> <announced>2006-08-29</announced> <revised count="01">2006-08-29</revised> <bug>135020</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="dev-util/motor" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="rge">3.3.0-r1</unaffected> <unaffected range="ge">3.4.0-r1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">3.4.0-r1</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> Motor is a text mode based programming environment for Linux, with a syntax highlighting feature, project manager, makefile generator, gcc and gdb front-end, and CVS integration. </p> </background> <description> <p> In November 2005, Zone-H Research reported a boundary error in the ktools library in the VGETSTRING() macro of kkstrtext.h, which may cause a buffer overflow via an overly long input string. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> A remote attacker could entice a user to use a malicious file or input, which could lead to the crash of Motor and possibly the execution of arbitrary code. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All Motor 3.3.x users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-util/motor-3.3.0-r1"</code> <p> All motor 3.4.x users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-util/motor-3.4.0-r1"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3863">CVE-2005-3863</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-08-23T15:20:34Z"> jaervosz </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-08-26T14:27:17Z"> falco </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-08-26T15:28:41Z"> falco </metadata> </glsa>