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Added: glsa-200711-27.xml |
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GLSA 200711-27 |
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1.1 xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-27.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-27.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-27.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain |
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Index: glsa-200711-27.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> |
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> |
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<glsa id="200711-27"> |
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<title>Link Grammar: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title> |
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<synopsis> |
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A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Link Grammar. |
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</synopsis> |
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<product type="ebuild">link-grammar</product> |
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<announced>November 18, 2007</announced> |
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<revised>November 18, 2007: 01</revised> |
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<bug>196803</bug> |
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<access>remote</access> |
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<affected> |
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<package name="dev-libs/link-grammar" auto="yes" arch="*"> |
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<unaffected range="ge">4.2.4-r1</unaffected> |
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<vulnerable range="lt">4.2.4-r1</vulnerable> |
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</package> |
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</affected> |
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<background> |
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<p> |
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The Link Grammar parser is a syntactic parser of English, based on link |
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grammar, an original theory of English syntax. |
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</background> |
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<description> |
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<p> |
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Alin Rad Pop from Secunia Research discovered a boundary error in the |
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function separate_sentence() in file tokenize.c when processing an |
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overly long word which might lead to a stack-based buffer overflow. |
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</p> |
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</description> |
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<impact type="normal"> |
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<p> |
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A remote attacker could entice a user to parse a specially crafted |
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sentence, resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the |
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privileges of the user running the application. Note that this |
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vulnerability may be triggered by an application using Link Grammar to |
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parse sentences (e.g. AbiWord). |
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</p> |
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</impact> |
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<workaround> |
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<p> |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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</p> |
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</workaround> |
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<resolution> |
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<p> |
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All Link Grammar users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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</p> |
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<code> |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/link-grammar-4.2.4-r1"</code> |
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</resolution> |
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<references> |
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5395">CVE-2007-5395</uri> |
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</references> |
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:43:19 +0000"> |
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rbu |
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</metadata> |
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:29:25 +0000"> |
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p-y |
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</metadata> |
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:29:34 +0000"> |
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p-y |
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</metadata> |
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</glsa> |
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