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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200503-23">
+ <title>rxvt-unicode: Buffer overflow</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ rxvt-unicode is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to the
+ execution of arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">rxvt-unicode</product>
+ <announced>2005-03-20</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2005-03-20</revised>
+ <bug>84680</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="x11-terms/rxvt-unicode" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">5.3</unaffected>
+ <unaffected range="lt">4.8</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">5.3</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ rxvt-unicode is a clone of the well known terminal emulator rxvt.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Rob Holland of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered
+ that rxvt-unicode fails to properly check input length.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute
+ arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running rxvt-unicode.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All rxvt-unicode users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-5.3"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0764">CAN-2005-0764</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2005-03-15T14:52:07Z">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-03-15T23:51:13Z">
+ lewk
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-03-20T16:52:52Z">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>