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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200809-15">
+ <title>GNU ed: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A buffer overflow vulnerability in ed may allow for the remote execution of
+ arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">ed</product>
+ <announced>2008-09-23</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2008-09-23</revised>
+ <bug>236521</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="sys-apps/ed" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.0</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.0</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ GNU ed is a basic line editor. red is a restricted version of ed that
+ does not allow shell command execution.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Alfredo Ortega from Core Security Technologies reported a heap-based
+ buffer overflow in the strip_escapes() function when processing overly
+ long filenames.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A remote attacker could entice a user to process specially crafted
+ commands with ed or red, possibly 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 GNU ed users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sys-apps/ed-1.0"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3916">CVE-2008-3916</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-09-14T11:31:13Z">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-09-18T21:37:26Z">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-09-18T21:37:35Z">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>