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diff --git a/glsa-200501-20.xml b/glsa-200501-20.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2d34b95337a2 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200501-20.xml @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +<?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="200501-20"> + <title>o3read: Buffer overflow during file conversion</title> + <synopsis> + A buffer overflow in o3read allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code by + way of a specially crafted XML file. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">o3read</product> + <announced>January 11, 2005</announced> + <revised>January 11, 2005: 01</revised> + <bug>74478</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-text/o3read" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.0.4</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="le">0.0.3</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + o3read is a standalone converter for OpenOffice.org files. It + allows a user to dump the contents tree (o3read) and convert to plain + text (o3totxt) or to HTML (o3tohtml) Writer and Calc files. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Wiktor Kopec discovered that the parse_html function in o3read.c + copies any number of bytes into a 1024-byte t[] array. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + Using a specially crafted file, possibly delivered by e-mail or + over the Web, an attacker may execute arbitrary code with the + permissions of the user running o3read. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All o3read users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/o3read-0.0.4"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1288">CAN-2004-1288</uri> + <uri link="http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/o3read.txt">Wiktor Kopec advisory</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 10 Jan 2005 22:12:42 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 10 Jan 2005 22:13:07 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:55:34 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> +</glsa> |