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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200611-20">
+ <title>GNU gv: Stack overflow</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ GNU gv improperly handles user-supplied data possibly allowing for the
+ execution of arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">gv</product>
+ <announced>2006-11-24</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2006-11-24</revised>
+ <bug>154573</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="app-text/gv" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">3.6.2-r1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">3.6.2-r1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ GNU gv is a viewer for PostScript and PDF documents.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ GNU gv does not properly boundary check user-supplied data before
+ copying it into process buffers.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted document
+ with GNU gv and execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user on
+ the system.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All gv users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-text/gv-3.6.2-r1"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5864">CVE-2006-5864</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-11-21T06:07:37Z">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-11-21T14:27:05Z">
+ shellsage
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-11-24T20:18:52Z">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>