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[GLSA-200503-23] rxvt-unicode: Buffer overflow

Family:

Gentoo Local Security Checks

Category:

infos

Copyright:

(C) 2005 Michel Arboi

Summary:

rxvt-unicode: Buffer overflow

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Cve_id:

CAN-2005-0764

Bugtraq_id:

-

Xrefs:

GLSA:200503-23

Description:

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200503-23
(rxvt-unicode: Buffer overflow)


Rob Holland of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered
that rxvt-unicode fails to properly check input length.

Impact

Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute
arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running rxvt-unicode.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0764


Solution:
All rxvt-unicode users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-5.3"


Risk factor : Medium