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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200504-26">
+ <title>Convert-UUlib: Buffer overflow</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A buffer overflow has been reported in Convert-UUlib, potentially resulting
+ in the execution of arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">Convert-UUlib</product>
+ <announced>2005-04-26</announced>
+ <revised count="02">2006-05-22</revised>
+ <bug>89501</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="dev-perl/Convert-UUlib" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.051</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.051</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ Convert-UUlib provides a Perl interface to the uulib library, allowing
+ Perl applications to access data encoded in a variety of formats.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ A vulnerability has been reported in Convert-UUlib where a malformed
+ parameter can be provided by an attacker allowing a read operation to
+ overflow a buffer. The vendor credits Mark Martinec and Robert Lewis
+ with the discovery.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ Successful exploitation would permit an attacker to run arbitrary code
+ with the privileges of the user running the Perl application.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All Convert-UUlib users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-perl/Convert-UUlib-1.051"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-1349">CVE-2005-1349</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2005-04-19T16:17:03Z">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-04-21T08:24:58Z">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-04-25T20:37:01Z">
+ taviso
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>