<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200606-10"> <title>Cscope: Many buffer overflows</title> <synopsis> Cscope is vulnerable to multiple buffer overflows that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">Cscope</product> <announced>2006-06-11</announced> <revised count="01">2006-06-11</revised> <bug>133829</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="dev-util/cscope" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">15.5-r6</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">15.5-r6</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> Cscope is a developer's tool for browsing source code. </p> </background> <description> <p> Cscope does not verify the length of file names sourced in #include statements. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> A user could be enticed to source a carefully crafted file which will allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Cscope. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All Cscope users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-util/cscope-15.5-r6"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-2541">CVE-2004-2541</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-06-01T07:07:22Z"> falco </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-06-05T17:21:43Z"> falco </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-06-05T18:50:34Z"> dizzutch </metadata> </glsa>