<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200612-13"> <title>libgsf: Buffer overflow</title> <synopsis> libgsf improperly allocates memory allowing for a heap overflow and possibly the execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">libgsf</product> <announced>2006-12-12</announced> <revised count="01">2006-12-12</revised> <bug>156693</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="gnome-extra/libgsf" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.14.2</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.14.2</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> The GNOME Structured File Library is an I/O library that can read and write common file types and handle structured formats that provide file-system-in-a-file semantics. </p> </background> <description> <p> "infamous41md" has discovered that the "ole_init_info" function may allocate too little memory for storing the contents of an OLE document, resulting in a heap buffer overflow. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted OLE document, and possibly execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user opening the document. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All libgsf users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=gnome-extra/libgsf-1.14.2"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4514">CVE-2006-4514</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-12-10T19:48:29Z"> jaervosz </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-12-10T20:34:33Z"> vorlon </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-12-11T18:08:22Z"> shellsage </metadata> </glsa>