<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200903-01"> <title>Vinagre: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title> <synopsis> A format string error in Vinagre may allow for the execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">vinagre</product> <announced>2009-03-06</announced> <revised count="01">2009-03-06</revised> <bug>250314</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="net-misc/vinagre" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">0.5.2</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">0.5.2</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> Vinagre is a VNC Client for the GNOME Desktop. </p> </background> <description> <p> Alfredo Ortega (Core Security Technologies) reported a format string error in the vinagre_utils_show_error() function in src/vinagre-utils.c. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> A remote attacker could entice a user into opening a specially crafted .vnc file or connecting to a malicious server, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All Vinagre users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/vinagre-0.5.2"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5660">CVE-2008-5660</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-12-13T19:36:32Z"> keytoaster </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-02-24T22:12:27Z"> p-y </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-02-24T22:12:38Z"> p-y </metadata> </glsa>