metadata/glsa/glsa-200604-14.xml

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

<glsa id="200604-14">
  <title>Dia: Arbitrary code execution through XFig import</title>
  <synopsis>
    Buffer overflows in Dia's XFig import could allow remote attackers to
    execute arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">dia</product>
  <announced>April 23, 2006</announced>
  <revised>April 23, 2006: 01</revised>
  <bug>128107</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="app-office/dia" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.94-r5</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.94-r5</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Dia is a GTK+ based diagram creation program.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    infamous41md discovered multiple buffer overflows in Dia's XFig
    file import plugin.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    By enticing a user to import a specially crafted XFig file into
    Dia, an attacker could exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code
    with the rights of the user running Dia.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All Dia users should upgrade to the latest available version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=app-office/dia-0.94-r5&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1550">CVE-2006-1550</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 22 Apr 2006 17:58:09 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sat, 22 Apr 2006 17:58:17 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat, 22 Apr 2006 20:01:59 +0000">
    DerCorny
  </metadata>
</glsa>