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diff --git a/glsa-200311-06.xml b/glsa-200311-06.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a766ed16 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200311-06.xml @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> + +<glsa id="200311-06"> + <title>glibc: getgrouplist buffer overflow vulnerability</title> + <synopsis> + glibc contains a buffer overflow in the getgrouplist function. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">glibc</product> + <announced>2003-11-22</announced> + <revised>2003-11-22: 01</revised> + <bug>33383</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="sys-libs/glibc" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.2.5</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="le">2.2.4</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + glibc is the GNU C library. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + A bug in the getgrouplist function can cause a buffer overflow if the size + of the group list is too small to hold all the user's groups. This overflow + can cause segmentation faults in user applications. This vulnerability + exists only when an administrator has placed a user in a number of groups + larger than that expected by an application. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + Applications that use getgrouplist can crash. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users update their systems as + follows: + </p> + <code> + # emerge sync + # emerge -pv '>=sys-libs/glibc-2.2.5' + # emerge '>=sys-libs/glibc-2.2.5' + # emerge clean</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0689">CAN-2003-0689</uri> + </references> +</glsa> |