[gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa: glsa-201412-14.xml

[Sean Amoss (ackle)]

ackle       14/12/13 17:08:03

  Added:                glsa-201412-14.xml
  Log:
  GLSA 201412-14

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Index: glsa-201412-14.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd";>
<glsa id="201412-14">
  <title>Xfig: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
  <synopsis>Two vulnerabilities have been found in Xfig, possibly resulting in
    execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">xfig</product>
  <announced>December 13, 2014</announced>
  <revised>December 13, 2014: 1</revised>
  <bug>297379</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-gfx/xfig" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">3.2.5c</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">3.2.5c</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Xfig is an interactive drawing tool.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>A stack-based buffer overflow and a stack consumption vulnerability have
      been found in Xfig. 
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially-crafted file,
      potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution or a Denial of Service
      condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Xfig users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-gfx/xfig-3.2.5c"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri 
link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-4227";>CVE-2009-4227</uri>
    <uri 
link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-4228";>CVE-2009-4228</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 10 Nov 2014 22:27:51 
+0000">ackle</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat, 13 Dec 2014 17:06:33 
+0000">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>