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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200506-06.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200506-06.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..868a06af752c --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200506-06.xml @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200506-06"> + <title>libextractor: Multiple overflow vulnerabilities</title> + <synopsis> + libextractor is affected by several overflow vulnerabilities in the PDF, + Real and PNG extractors, making it vulnerable to execution of arbitrary + code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">libextractor</product> + <announced>2005-06-09</announced> + <revised count="01">2005-06-09</revised> + <bug>79704</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="media-libs/libextractor" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.5.0</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">0.5.0</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + libextractor is a library used to extract meta-data from files. It + makes use of Xpdf code to extract information from PDF files. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Xpdf is vulnerable to multiple overflows, as described in GLSA + 200501-28. Also, integer overflows were discovered in Real and PNG + extractors. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + An attacker could design malicious PDF, PNG or Real files which, + when processed by an application making use of libextractor, would + result in the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user + running the application. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All libextractor users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libextractor-0.5.0"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0064">CAN-2005-0064</uri> + <uri link="https://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-28.xml">GLSA 200501-28</uri> + <uri link="https://gnunet.org/libextractor/">libextractor security announcement</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2005-03-01T11:13:31Z"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-03-03T15:44:04Z"> + formula7 + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-06-08T11:34:48Z"> + koon + </metadata> +</glsa> |