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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-31.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-31.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..004e4949 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-31.xml @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +<?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="200410-31"> + <title>Archive::Zip: Virus detection evasion</title> + <synopsis> + Email virus scanning software relying on Archive::Zip can be fooled into + thinking a ZIP attachment is empty while it contains a virus, allowing + detection evasion. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">Archive::Zip</product> + <announced>October 29, 2004</announced> + <revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised> + <bug>68616</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="dev-perl/Archive-Zip" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.14</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.14</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Archive::Zip is a Perl module containing functions to handle ZIP + archives. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Archive::Zip can be used by email scanning software (like amavisd-new) + to uncompress attachments before virus scanning. By modifying the + uncompressed size of archived files in the global header of the ZIP + file, it is possible to fool Archive::Zip into thinking some files + inside the archive have zero length. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="low"> + <p> + An attacker could send a carefully crafted ZIP archive containing a + virus file and evade detection on some email virus-scanning software + relying on Archive::Zip for decompression. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Archive::Zip users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-perl/Archive-Zip-1.14"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=153">iDEFENSE Security Advisory 10.18.04</uri> + <uri link="http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bug.html?id=8077">rt.cpan.org bug #8077</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1096">CVE-2004-1096</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:10:39 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:10:53 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 29 Oct 2004 12:32:54 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> +</glsa> |