metadata/glsa/glsa-200503-23.xml

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

<glsa id="200503-23">
  <title>rxvt-unicode: Buffer overflow</title>
  <synopsis>
    rxvt-unicode is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to the
    execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">rxvt-unicode</product>
  <announced>March 20, 2005</announced>
  <revised>March 20, 2005: 01</revised>
  <bug>84680</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="x11-terms/rxvt-unicode" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">5.3</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="lt">4.8</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">5.3</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    rxvt-unicode is a clone of the well known terminal emulator rxvt.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Rob Holland of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered
    that rxvt-unicode fails to properly check input length.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute
    arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running rxvt-unicode.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All rxvt-unicode users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-5.3&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0764">CAN-2005-0764</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 15 Mar 2005 14:52:07 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 15 Mar 2005 23:51:13 +0000">
    lewk
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 20 Mar 2005 16:52:52 +0000">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
</glsa>