<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200503-23"> <title>rxvt-unicode: Buffer overflow</title> <synopsis> rxvt-unicode is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">rxvt-unicode</product> <announced>2005-03-20</announced> <revised count="01">2005-03-20</revised> <bug>84680</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="x11-terms/rxvt-unicode" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">5.3</unaffected> <unaffected range="lt">4.8</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">5.3</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> rxvt-unicode is a clone of the well known terminal emulator rxvt. </p> </background> <description> <p> Rob Holland of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered that rxvt-unicode fails to properly check input length. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running rxvt-unicode. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All rxvt-unicode users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-5.3"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0764">CAN-2005-0764</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2005-03-15T14:52:07Z"> koon </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-03-15T23:51:13Z"> lewk </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-03-20T16:52:52Z"> jaervosz </metadata> </glsa>