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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-23
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: rxvt-unicode: Buffer overflow
Date: March 20, 2005
Bugs: #84680
ID: 200503-23
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Synopsis
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rxvt-unicode is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to the
execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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rxvt-unicode is a clone of the well known terminal emulator rxvt.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 x11-terms/rxvt-unicode < 5.3 >= 5.3
< 4.8
Description
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Rob Holland of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered that
rxvt-unicode fails to properly check input length.
Impact
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Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary
code with the permissions of the user running rxvt-unicode.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All rxvt-unicode users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-5.3"
References
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[ 1 ] CAN-2005-0764
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0764
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-200503-23.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@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, 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/2.0
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