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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200506-09">
+ <title>gedit: Format string vulnerability</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ gedit suffers from a format string vulnerability that could allow arbitrary
+ code execution.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">gedit</product>
+ <announced>2005-06-11</announced>
+ <revised count="02">2006-05-22</revised>
+ <bug>93352</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="app-editors/gedit" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">2.10.3</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">2.10.3</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ gedit is the official text editor of the GNOME desktop environement.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ A format string vulnerability exists when opening files with names
+ containing format specifiers.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A specially crafted file with format specifiers in the filename can
+ cause arbitrary code execution.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There are no known workarounds at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All gedit users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-editors/gedit-2.10.3"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13699">BugTraq ID 13699</uri>
+ <uri link="https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2005-June/msg00006.html">gedit 10.3 Release Notes</uri>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-1686">CVE-2005-1686</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2005-06-10T14:36:10Z">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-06-10T17:36:40Z">
+ r2d2
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-06-11T11:59:18Z">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>