metadata/glsa/glsa-200501-01.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200501-01">
  <title>LinPopUp: Buffer overflow in message reply</title>
  <synopsis>
    LinPopUp contains a buffer overflow potentially allowing execution of
    arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">Linpopup</product>
  <announced>January 04, 2005</announced>
  <revised>January 04, 2005: 01</revised>
  <bug>74705</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-im/linpopup" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.0.4-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.0.4-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    LinPopUp is a graphical application that acts as a frontend to
    Samba client messaging functions, allowing a Linux desktop to
    communicate with a Microsoft Windows computer that runs Winpopup.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Stephen Dranger discovered that LinPopUp contains a buffer
    overflow in string.c, triggered when replying to a remote user message.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A remote attacker could craft a malicious message that, when
    replied using LinPopUp, would exploit the buffer overflow. This would
    result in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the
    user running LinPopUp.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All LinPopUp users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=net-im/linpopup-2.0.4-r1&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1282">CAN-2004-1282</uri>
    <uri link="http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/linpopup.txt">Stephen Dranger Advisory</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 31 Dec 2004 10:20:27 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat,  1 Jan 2005 22:08:20 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sat,  1 Jan 2005 22:15:30 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
</glsa>