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<?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="200506-05">
  <title>SilverCity: Insecure file permissions</title>
  <synopsis>
    Executable files with insecure permissions can be modified causing an
    unsuspecting user to run arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">silvercity</product>
  <announced>June 08, 2005</announced>
  <revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised>
  <bug>93558</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="app-text/silvercity" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.9.5-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.9.5-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    SilverCity provides lexical analysis for over 20 programming and markup
    languages.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    The SilverCity package installs three executable files with insecure
    permissions.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A local attacker could modify the executable files, causing arbitrary
    code to be executed with the permissions of an unsuspecting SilverCity
    user.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There are no known workarounds at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All SilverCity users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=app-text/silvercity-0.9.5-r1&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-1941">CVE-2005-1941</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 06 Jun 2005 18:24:23 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 06 Jun 2005 18:24:47 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 07 Jun 2005 01:08:04 +0000">
    r2d2
  </metadata>
</glsa>