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diff --git a/glsa-201402-22.xml b/glsa-201402-22.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..892839992860 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-201402-22.xml @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +<?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="201402-22"> + <title>TCPTrack: Arbitrary code execution</title> + <synopsis>A heap-based buffer overflow in TCPTrack might allow a remote + attacker to execute arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">tcptrack</product> + <announced>February 21, 2014</announced> + <revised>February 21, 2014: 1</revised> + <bug>377917</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="net-analyzer/tcptrack" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.4.2</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.2</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p>TCPTrack is a simple libpcap based program for live TCP connection + monitoring. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p>A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in TCPTrack’s + parsing of command line arguments. This is only a vulnerability in + limited scenarios in which TCPTrack is “configured as a handler for + other applications.” + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the + privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition with a + specially crafted command-line argument. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p>All TCPTrack users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> + + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/tcptrack-1.4.2" + </code> + + <p>NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are + available since August 06, 2011. It is likely that your system is already + no longer affected by this issue. + </p> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2903">CVE-2011-2903</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:38:14 +0000"> + underling + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 21 Feb 2014 15:21:47 +0000"> + creffett + </metadata> +</glsa> |