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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200505-08.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200505-08.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..28bf53fa1a72 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200505-08.xml @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200505-08"> + <title>HT Editor: Multiple buffer overflows</title> + <synopsis> + Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in HT Editor, potentially leading + to the execution of arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">hteditor</product> + <announced>2005-05-10</announced> + <revised count="02">2006-05-22</revised> + <bug>91569</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-editors/hteditor" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.8.0-r2</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">0.8.0-r2</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + HT is a hex editor, designed to help analyse and modify executable + files. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Team discovered an integer + overflow in the ELF parser, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. + The vendor has reported that an unrelated buffer overflow has been + discovered in the PE parser. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + Successful exploitation would require the victim to open a specially + crafted file using HT, potentially permitting an attacker to execute + arbitrary code. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All hteditor users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/hteditor-0.8.0-r2"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-1545">CVE-2005-1545</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-1546">CVE-2005-1546</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2005-05-05T15:16:28Z"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-05-05T17:28:17Z"> + taviso + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-05-10T20:04:14Z"> + jaervosz + </metadata> +</glsa> |