metadata/glsa/glsa-201402-11.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201402-11">
  <title>Links: Denial of Service</title>
  <synopsis>An integer overflow in Links might allow remote attackers to cause
    a Denial of Service condition.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">links</product>
  <announced>February 07, 2014</announced>
  <revised>February 07, 2014: 1</revised>
  <bug>493138</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="www-client/links" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.8-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.8-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Links is a web browser which runs in both graphics and text modes.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>An integer overflow vulnerability was found in the parsing of HTML
      tables in the Links web browser when running in graphical mode.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.</p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Links users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=www-client/links-2.8-r1"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6050">CVE-2013-6050</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 20 Jan 2014 10:12:18 +0000">
    pinkbyte
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 07 Feb 2014 21:23:11 +0000">
    pinkbyte
  </metadata>
</glsa>