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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201312-05">
+ <title>SWI-Prolog : Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
+ <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in SWI-Prolog which allow
+ attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">swi-prolog</product>
+ <announced>2013-12-06</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2013-12-06</revised>
+ <bug>450284</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="dev-lang/swi-prolog" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">6.2.5</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">6.2.5</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>SWI-Prolog is a free, small, and standard compliant Prolog compiler.</p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in SWI-Prolog:
+ * An error in the canoniseFileName() function could cause a stack-based
+ buffer overflow (CVE-2012-6089).
+ * An error in the expand() function could cause a stack-based buffer
+ overflow (CVE-2012-6090).
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A context-dependent attack can create files with specially crafted
+ names, causing arbitrary code execution or a denial of service condition.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All SWI-Prolog users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-lang/swi-prolog-6.2.5"
+ </code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-6089">CVE-2012-6089</uri>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-6090">CVE-2012-6090</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2013-01-21T22:27:33Z">ackle</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2013-12-06T05:30:38Z">
+ BlueKnight
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>