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From: Stefan Cornelius <dercorny@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200603-12 ] zoo: Buffer overflow
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 10:22:14
Message-Id: 200603161100.16042.dercorny@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200603-12
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: zoo: Buffer overflow
9 Date: March 16, 2006
10 Bugs: #125622
11 ID: 200603-12
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15 Synopsis
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18 A buffer overflow in zoo may be exploited to execute arbitrary when
19 creating archives of specially crafted directories and files.
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21 Background
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24 zoo is a file archiving utility for maintaining collections of files,
25 written by Rahul Dhesi.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 app-arch/zoo < 2.10-r2 >= 2.10-r2
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35 Description
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38 zoo is vulnerable to a new buffer overflow due to insecure use of the
39 strcpy() function when trying to create an archive from certain
40 directories or filenames.
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42 Impact
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45 An attacker could exploit this issue by enticing a user to create a zoo
46 archive of specially crafted directories and filenames, possibly
47 leading to the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user
48 running zoo.
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50 Workaround
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53 There is no known workaround at this time.
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55 Resolution
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58 All zoo users should upgrade to the latest version:
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60 # emerge --sync
61 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/zoo-2.10-r2"
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63 References
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66 [ 1 ] RedHat Bug #183426
67 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=183426
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69 Availability
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72 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
73 the Gentoo Security Website:
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75 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200603-12.xml
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77 Concerns?
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80 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
81 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
82 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
83 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
84 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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86 License
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89 Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
90 belongs to its owner(s).
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92 The contents of this document are licensed under the
93 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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