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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-01.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-01.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..594b2fca --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-01.xml @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200410-01"> + <title>sharutils: Buffer overflows in shar.c and unshar.c</title> + <synopsis> + sharutils contains two buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could lead to + arbitrary code execution. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">sharutils</product> + <announced>October 01, 2004</announced> + <revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised> + <bug>65773</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-arch/sharutils" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">4.2.1-r10</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="le">4.2.1-r9</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + sharutils contains utilities to manage shell archives. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + sharutils contains two buffer overflows. Ulf Harnhammar discovered a + buffer overflow in shar.c, where the length of data returned by the wc + command is not checked. Florian Schilhabel discovered another buffer + overflow in unshar.c. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary + code as the user running one of the sharutils programs. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All sharutils users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge sync + + # emerge -pv ">=app-arch/sharutils-4.2.1-r10" + # emerge ">=app-arch/sharutils-4.2.1-r10"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=265904">Debian Bug #265904</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1773">CVE-2004-1773</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 30 Sep 2004 04:54:59 +0000"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 30 Sep 2004 18:01:09 +0000"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 1 Oct 2004 08:08:15 +0000"> + jaervosz + </metadata> +</glsa> |