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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-23

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Severity: Normal
Title: rxvt-unicode: Buffer overflow
Date: March 20, 2005
Bugs: #84680
ID: 200503-23

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Synopsis

rxvt-unicode is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to the
execution of arbitrary code.

Background

rxvt-unicode is a clone of the well known terminal emulator rxvt.

Affected packages

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1 x11-terms/rxvt-unicode < 5.3 >= 5.3
< 4.8

Description

Rob Holland of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered that
rxvt-unicode fails to properly check input length.

Impact

Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary
code with the permissions of the user running rxvt-unicode.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All rxvt-unicode users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-5.3"

References

[ 1 ] CAN-2005-0764
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0764

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-23.xml

Concerns?

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
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

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