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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200405-25
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Severity: Normal
Title: tla: Heap-based buffer overflow in included libneon
Date: May 30, 2004
Bugs: #51586
ID: 200405-25
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Synopsis
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tla includes a vulnerable version of the neon library.
Background
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GNU Arch (tla) is a revision control system suited for widely
distributed development.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-util/tla < 1.2.1_pre1 >= 1.2.1_pre1
Description
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Stefan Esser discovered a vulnerability in the code of the neon library
(GLSA 200405-13): if a malicious date string is passed to the
ne_rfc1036_parse() function, it can trigger a string overflow into
static heap variables. tla includes it's own version of the library.
Impact
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When connected to a malicious WebDAV server, this vulnerability could
allow execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running
tla.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All users of tla should upgrade to the latest stable version:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv ">=dev-util/tla-1.2.1_pre1"
# emerge ">=dev-util/tla-1.2.1_pre1"
References
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[ 1 ] GLSA 200405-13
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200405-13.xml
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-25.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Technologies, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0
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