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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200706-03">
+ <title>ELinks: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A vulnerability has been discovered in ELinks allowing for the
+ user-assisted execution of arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">elinks</product>
+ <announced>2007-06-06</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2007-06-06</revised>
+ <bug>177512</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="www-client/elinks" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">0.11.2-r1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">0.11.2-r1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ ELinks is a text-mode web browser.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Arnaud Giersch discovered that the "add_filename_to_string()" function
+ in file intl/gettext/loadmsgcat.c uses an untrusted relative path,
+ allowing for a format string attack with a malicious .po file.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A local attacker could entice a user to run ELinks in a specially
+ crafted directory environment containing a malicious ".po" file,
+ possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the
+ privileges of the user running ELinks.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All ELinks users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=www-client/elinks-0.11.2-r1"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2027">CVE-2007-2027</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-06-03T06:18:54Z">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-06-03T06:19:11Z">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-06-03T17:56:00Z">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>