[OpenPKG-SA-2006.005] OpenPKG Security Advisory (tin)
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
________________________________________________________________________
OpenPKG Security Advisory The OpenPKG Project
http://www.openpkg.org/security.html http://www.openpkg.org
openpkg-security@xxxxxxxxxxx openpkg@xxxxxxxxxxx
OpenPKG-SA-2006.005 19-Feb-2006
________________________________________________________________________
Package: tin
Vulnerability: buffer overflow
OpenPKG Specific: no
Affected Releases: Affected Packages: Corrected Packages:
OpenPKG CURRENT <= tin-1.8.0-20060113 >= tin-1.8.1-20060216
OpenPKG 2.5 <= tin-1.6.2-2.5.0 >= tin-1.6.2-2.5.1
OpenPKG 2.4 <= tin-1.6.2-2.4.1 >= tin-1.6.2-2.4.2
OpenPKG 2.3 <= tin-1.6.2-2.3.1 >= tin-1.6.2-2.3.2
Description:
An allocation off-by-one bug exists in the TIN [1] news reader version
1.8.0 and earlier which can lead to a buffer overflow.
________________________________________________________________________
References:
[1] http://www.tin.org/
________________________________________________________________________
For security reasons, this advisory was digitally signed with the
OpenPGP public key "OpenPKG <openpkg@xxxxxxxxxxx>" (ID 63C4CB9F) of the
OpenPKG project which you can retrieve from http://pgp.openpkg.org and
hkp://pgp.openpkg.org. Follow the instructions on http://pgp.openpkg.org/
for details on how to verify the integrity of this advisory.
________________________________________________________________________
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Comment: OpenPKG <openpkg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
iD8DBQFD+GAxgHWT4GPEy58RAmoZAJ92hWIyXxPTqgDW1Q9Bxes8TyfxXACg92EJ
8wpsFu+17HYli7tx59HLOpU=
=ebcm
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----