metadata/glsa/glsa-200807-15.xml

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

<glsa id="200807-15">
  <title>Pan: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
  <synopsis>
    A buffer overflow vulnerability in Pan may allow remote attacker to execute
    arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">pan</product>
  <announced>July 31, 2008</announced>
  <revised>July 31, 2008: 01</revised>
  <bug>224051</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-nntp/pan" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.132-r3</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="rge">0.14.2.91-r2</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="eq">0.14.2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.132-r3</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Pan is a newsreader for the GNOME desktop.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Pavel Polischouk reported a boundary error in the PartsBatch class when
    processing .nzb files.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted .nzb
    file, 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 Pan users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=net-nntp/pan-0.132-r3&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2363">CVE-2008-2363</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:32:55 +0000">
    rbu
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:13:53 +0000">
    vorlon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:35:24 +0000">
    p-y
  </metadata>
</glsa>