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Added: glsa-200809-15.xml |
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GLSA 200809-15 |
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1.1 xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200809-15.xml |
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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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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200809-15.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain |
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Index: glsa-200809-15.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="200809-15"> |
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<title>GNU ed: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title> |
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<synopsis> |
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A buffer overflow vulnerability in ed may allow for the remote execution of |
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arbitrary code. |
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</synopsis> |
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<product type="ebuild">ed</product> |
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<announced>September 23, 2008</announced> |
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<revised>September 23, 2008: 01</revised> |
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<bug>236521</bug> |
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<access>remote</access> |
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<affected> |
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<package name="sys-apps/ed" auto="yes" arch="*"> |
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<unaffected range="ge">1.0</unaffected> |
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.0</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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GNU ed is a basic line editor. red is a restricted version of ed that |
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does not allow shell command execution. |
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</p> |
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</background> |
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<description> |
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<p> |
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Alfredo Ortega from Core Security Technologies reported a heap-based |
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buffer overflow in the strip_escapes() function when processing overly |
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long filenames. |
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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 process specially crafted |
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commands with ed or red, possibly resulting in the execution of |
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arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. |
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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 GNU ed 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 ">=sys-apps/ed-1.0"</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-2008-3916">CVE-2008-3916</uri> |
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</references> |
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:31:13 +0000"> |
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rbu |
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</metadata> |
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:37:26 +0000"> |
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p-y |
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</metadata> |
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:37:35 +0000"> |
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p-y |
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</metadata> |
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</glsa> |