<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200908-06"> <title>CDF: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title> <synopsis> Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in CDF might result in the execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">cdf</product> <announced>2009-08-18</announced> <revised count="01">2009-08-18</revised> <bug>278679</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="sci-libs/cdf" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">3.3.0</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">3.3.0</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> CDF is a library for the Common Data Format which is a self-describing data format for the storage and manipulation of scalar and multidimensional data. It is developed by the NASA. </p> </background> <description> <p> Leon Juranic reported multiple heap-based buffer overflows for instance in the ReadAEDRList64(), SearchForRecord_r_64(), LastRecord64(), and CDFsel64() functions. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted CDF file, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application, or a Denial of Service. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All CDF users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sci-libs/cdf-3.3.0"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2850">CVE-2009-2850</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-08-09T15:21:56Z"> rbu </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-08-14T16:20:48Z"> a3li </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-08-18T21:24:15Z"> a3li </metadata> </glsa>