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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200903-01">
+ <title>Vinagre: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A format string error in Vinagre may allow for the execution of arbitrary
+ code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">vinagre</product>
+ <announced>2009-03-06</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2009-03-06</revised>
+ <bug>250314</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-misc/vinagre" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">0.5.2</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">0.5.2</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ Vinagre is a VNC Client for the GNOME Desktop.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Alfredo Ortega (Core Security Technologies) reported a format string
+ error in the vinagre_utils_show_error() function in
+ src/vinagre-utils.c.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A remote attacker could entice a user into opening a specially crafted
+ .vnc file or connecting to a malicious server, possibly resulting in
+ the remote 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 Vinagre users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-misc/vinagre-0.5.2"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5660">CVE-2008-5660</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-12-13T19:36:32Z">
+ keytoaster
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-02-24T22:12:27Z">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-02-24T22:12:38Z">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>