metadata/glsa/glsa-200909-12.xml

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<glsa id="200909-12">
  <title>HTMLDOC: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
  <synopsis>
    Multiple insecure calls to the sscanf() function in HTMLDOC might result in
    the execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">htmldoc</product>
  <announced>September 12, 2009</announced>
  <revised>September 12, 2009: 01</revised>
  <bug>278186</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="app-text/htmldoc" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.8.27-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.8.27-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    HTMLDOC is a HTML indexer and HTML to PS and PDF converter.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    ANTHRAX666 reported an insecure call to the sscanf() function in the
    set_page_size() function in htmldoc/util.cxx. Nico Golde of the Debian
    Security Team found two more insecure calls in the write_type1()
    function in htmldoc/ps-pdf.cxx and the htmlLoadFontWidths() function in
    htmldoc/htmllib.cxx.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted
    HTML file using htmldoc, possibly resulting in the execution of
    arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
    NOTE: Additional vectors via specially crafted AFM font metric files do
    not cross trust boundaries, as the files can only be modified by
    privileged users.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All HTMLDOC users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=app-text/htmldoc-1.8.27-r1&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3050">CVE-2009-3050</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:35:26 +0000">
    a3li
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:45:17 +0000">
    a3li
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:53:24 +0000">
    a3li
  </metadata>
</glsa>