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From: "Pierre-Yves Rofes (py)" <py@g.o>
To: gentoo-commits@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa: glsa-200809-15.xml
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:55:55
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3 Added: glsa-200809-15.xml
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5 GLSA 200809-15
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10 file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200809-15.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup
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15 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
16 <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
17 <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
18 <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
19
20 <glsa id="200809-15">
21 <title>GNU ed: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
22 <synopsis>
23 A buffer overflow vulnerability in ed may allow for the remote execution of
24 arbitrary code.
25 </synopsis>
26 <product type="ebuild">ed</product>
27 <announced>September 23, 2008</announced>
28 <revised>September 23, 2008: 01</revised>
29 <bug>236521</bug>
30 <access>remote</access>
31 <affected>
32 <package name="sys-apps/ed" auto="yes" arch="*">
33 <unaffected range="ge">1.0</unaffected>
34 <vulnerable range="lt">1.0</vulnerable>
35 </package>
36 </affected>
37 <background>
38 <p>
39 GNU ed is a basic line editor. red is a restricted version of ed that
40 does not allow shell command execution.
41 </p>
42 </background>
43 <description>
44 <p>
45 Alfredo Ortega from Core Security Technologies reported a heap-based
46 buffer overflow in the strip_escapes() function when processing overly
47 long filenames.
48 </p>
49 </description>
50 <impact type="normal">
51 <p>
52 A remote attacker could entice a user to process specially crafted
53 commands with ed or red, possibly resulting in the execution of
54 arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
55 </p>
56 </impact>
57 <workaround>
58 <p>
59 There is no known workaround at this time.
60 </p>
61 </workaround>
62 <resolution>
63 <p>
64 All GNU ed users should upgrade to the latest version:
65 </p>
66 <code>
67 # emerge --sync
68 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=sys-apps/ed-1.0&quot;</code>
69 </resolution>
70 <references>
71 <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3916">CVE-2008-3916</uri>
72 </references>
73 <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:31:13 +0000">
74 rbu
75 </metadata>
76 <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:37:26 +0000">
77 p-y
78 </metadata>
79 <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:37:35 +0000">
80 p-y
81 </metadata>
82 </glsa>