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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-201612-07.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-201612-07.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d03075017706 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-201612-07.xml @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="201612-07"> + <title>dpkg: Arbitrary code execution</title> + <synopsis>A vulnerability was discovered in dpkg which could potentially lead + to arbitrary code execution. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">dpkg</product> + <announced>2016-12-04</announced> + <revised count="1">2016-12-04</revised> + <bug>567258</bug> + <access>local, remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-arch/dpkg" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.17.26</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.17.26</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p>Debian package management system.</p> + </background> + <description> + <p>Gentoo Linux developer, Hanno Böck, discovered an off-by-one error in + the dpkg-deb component of dpkg, the Debian package management system, + which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p>An attacker could potentially execute arbitrary code if an user or an + automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted Debian + binary package (.deb). + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p>All dpkg users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> + + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/dpkg-1.17.26" + </code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0860">CVE-2015-0860</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2016-02-25T07:05:41Z"> + BlueKnight + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2016-12-04T11:01:29Z">whissi</metadata> +</glsa> |