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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200710-01">
+ <title>RPCSEC_GSS library: Buffer overflow</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in librpcsecgss.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">librcpsecgss</product>
+ <announced>2007-10-04</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2007-10-04</revised>
+ <bug>191479</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-libs/librpcsecgss" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">0.16</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">0.16</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ librpcsecgss is an implementation of RPCSEC_GSS for secure RPC
+ communications.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ A stack based buffer overflow has been discovered in the
+ svcauth_gss_validate() function in file lib/rpc/svc_auth_gss.c when
+ processing an overly long string in a RPC message.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="high">
+ <p>
+ A remote attacker could send a specially crafted RPC request to an
+ application relying on this library, e.g NFSv4 or Kerberos
+ (GLSA-200709-01), resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the
+ privileges of the user running the application.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All librpcsecgss users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-libs/librpcsecgss-0.16"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3999">CVE-2007-3999</uri>
+ <uri link="https://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-01.xml">GLSA-200709-01</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-09-09T19:27:24Z">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-09-09T19:29:01Z">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-09-29T15:36:52Z">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>