<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200801-06"> <title>Xfce: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> <synopsis> Multiple vulnerabilities in Xfce might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">xfce4-panel libxfcegui4</product> <announced>January 09, 2008</announced> <revised>January 10, 2008: 03</revised> <bug>201292</bug> <bug>201293</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="xfce-base/xfce4-panel" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">4.4.2</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">4.4.2</vulnerable> </package> <package name="xfce-base/libxfcegui4" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">4.4.2</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">4.4.2</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> Xfce is a GTK+ 2 based desktop environment that allows to run a modern desktop environment on modest hardware. </p> </background> <description> <p> Gregory Andersen reported that the Xfce4 panel does not correctly calculate memory boundaries, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow in the launcher_update_panel_entry() function (CVE-2007-6531). Daichi Kawahata reported libxfcegui4 did not copy provided values when creating "SessionClient" structs, possibly leading to access of freed memory areas (CVE-2007-6532). </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> A remote attacker could entice a user to install a specially crafted "rc" file to execute arbitrary code via long strings in the "Name" and "Comment" fields or via unspecified vectors involving the second vulnerability. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All Xfce4 panel users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=xfce-base/xfce4-panel-4.4.2"</code> <p> All libxfcegui4 users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=xfce-base/libxfcegui4-4.4.2"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6531">CVE-2007-6531</uri> <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6532">CVE-2007-6532</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:45:36 +0000"> p-y </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:22:06 +0000"> rbu </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:37:18 +0000"> rbu </metadata> </glsa>