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[GLSA-200501-10] Vilistextum: Buffer overflow vulnerability

Family:

Gentoo Local Security Checks

Category:

infos

Copyright:

(C) 2005 Michel Arboi

Summary:

Vilistextum: Buffer overflow vulnerability

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Cve_id:

CAN-2004-1299

Bugtraq_id:

-

Xrefs:

GLSA:200501-10

Description:

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200501-10
(Vilistextum: Buffer overflow vulnerability)


Ariel Berkman discovered that Vilistextum unsafely reads data into
an array without checking the length. This code vulnerability may lead
to a buffer overflow.

Impact

A remote attacker could craft a malicious webpage which, when
converted, would result in the execution of arbitrary code with the
rights of the user running Vilistextum.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

References:
http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/vilistextum.txt
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1299


Solution:
All Vilistextum users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/vilistextum-2.6.7"


Risk factor : Medium