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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-07.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-07.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..fb72ee82 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-07.xml @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +<?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="200710-07"> + <title>Tk: Buffer overflow</title> + <synopsis> + A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Tk. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">tk</product> + <announced>October 07, 2007</announced> + <revised>October 07, 2007: 01</revised> + <bug>192539</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="dev-lang/tk" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">8.4.15-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">8.4.15-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Tk is a toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Reinhard Max discovered a boundary error in Tk when processing an + interlaced GIF with two frames where the second is smaller than the + first one. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted GIF + image with a Tk-based software, possibly resulting in the execution of + arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Tk users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/tk-8.4.15-r1"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4851">CVE-2007-4851</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:49:33 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:49:45 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:07:14 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> +</glsa> |