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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200501-01.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200501-01.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..3cae77d0c884 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200501-01.xml @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200501-01"> + <title>LinPopUp: Buffer overflow in message reply</title> + <synopsis> + LinPopUp contains a buffer overflow potentially allowing execution of + arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">Linpopup</product> + <announced>2005-01-04</announced> + <revised count="01">2005-01-04</revised> + <bug>74705</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="net-im/linpopup" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.0.4-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.0.4-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + LinPopUp is a graphical application that acts as a frontend to + Samba client messaging functions, allowing a Linux desktop to + communicate with a Microsoft Windows computer that runs Winpopup. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Stephen Dranger discovered that LinPopUp contains a buffer + overflow in string.c, triggered when replying to a remote user message. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote attacker could craft a malicious message that, when + replied using LinPopUp, would exploit the buffer overflow. This would + result in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the + user running LinPopUp. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All LinPopUp users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/linpopup-2.0.4-r1"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1282">CAN-2004-1282</uri> + <uri link="http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/linpopup.txt">Stephen Dranger Advisory</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2004-12-31T10:20:27Z"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-01-01T22:08:20Z"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-01-01T22:15:30Z"> + koon + </metadata> +</glsa> |