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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200504-26
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Severity: Normal
Title: Convert-UUlib: Buffer overflow
Date: April 26, 2005
Bugs: #89501
ID: 200504-26
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Synopsis
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A buffer overflow has been reported in Convert-UUlib, potentially
resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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Convert-UUlib provides a Perl interface to the uulib library, allowing
Perl applications to access data encoded in a variety of formats.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-perl/Convert-UUlib < 1.051 >= 1.051
Description
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A vulnerability has been reported in Convert-UUlib where a malformed
parameter can be provided by an attacker allowing a read operation to
overflow a buffer. The vendor credits Mark Martinec and Robert Lewis
with the discovery.
Impact
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Successful exploitation would permit an attacker to run arbitrary code
with the privileges of the user running the Perl application.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Convert-UUlib users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-perl/Convert-UUlib-1.051"
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-200504-26.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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