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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200701-17">
<title>libgtop: Privilege escalation</title>
<synopsis>
libgtop improperly handles filenames, possibly allowing for the execution
of arbitrary code.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">libgtop</product>
<announced>2007-01-23</announced>
<revised>2007-01-23: 01</revised>
<bug>162169</bug>
<access>local</access>
<affected>
<package name="gnome-base/libgtop" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">2.14.6</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">2.14.6</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
libgtop facilitates the libgtop_daemon, which is used by GNOME to
obtain information about remote systems.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
Liu Qishuai discovered that glibtop_get_proc_map_s() in
sysdeps/linux/procmap.c does not properly allocate memory for storing a
filename, allowing certain filenames to cause the buffer to overflow on
the stack.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>
By tricking a victim into executing an application that uses the
libgtop library (e.g. libgtop_daemon or gnome-system-monitor), a local
attacker could specify a specially crafted filename to be used by
libgtop causing a buffer overflow and possibly execute arbitrary code
with the rights of the user running the application.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All libgtop users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=gnome-base/libgtop-2.14.6"</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0235">CVE-2007-0235</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-01-17T22:40:30Z">
falco
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-01-18T17:24:28Z">
shellsage
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-01-22T12:14:40Z">
falco
</metadata>
</glsa>
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