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| <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> |
| <glsa id="201207-03"> |
| <title>ChaSen: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title> |
| <synopsis>A buffer overflow vulnerability in ChaSen could result in the |
| execution of arbitrary code. |
| </synopsis> |
| <product type="ebuild">ChaSen</product> |
| <announced>July 09, 2012</announced> |
| <revised>July 09, 2012: 1</revised> |
| <bug>390769</bug> |
| <access>remote</access> |
| <affected> |
| <package name="app-text/chasen" auto="yes" arch="*"> |
| <unaffected range="ge">2.4.4-r2</unaffected> |
| <vulnerable range="lt">2.4.4-r2</vulnerable> |
| </package> |
| </affected> |
| <background> |
| <p>ChaSen is a Japanese morphological analysis system.</p> |
| </background> |
| <description> |
| <p>An error in chalib.c of ChaSen could cause a buffer overflow.</p> |
| </description> |
| <impact type="normal"> |
| <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted text |
| file using ChaSen or an application using the ChaSen libraries, possibly |
| resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the |
| process or a Denial of Service condition. |
| </p> |
| </impact> |
| <workaround> |
| <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> |
| </workaround> |
| <resolution> |
| <p>All ChaSen users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> |
| |
| <code> |
| # emerge --sync |
| # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/chasen-2.4.4-r2" |
| </code> |
| |
| </resolution> |
| <references> |
| <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4000">CVE-2011-4000</uri> |
| </references> |
| <metadata timestamp="Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:16:56 +0000" tag="requester">ackle</metadata> |
| <metadata timestamp="Mon, 09 Jul 2012 22:20:31 +0000" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata> |
| </glsa> |