Bug 156693 - gnome-extra/libgsf buffer overflow (CVE-2006-4514)
Bug#: 156693 Product:  Gentoo Security Version: unspecified Platform: All
OS/Version: Linux Status: RESOLVED Severity: normal Priority: P2
Resolution: FIXED Assigned To: security@gentoo.org Reported By: jaervosz@gentoo.org
Component: Vulnerabilities
URL:  http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1221
Summary: gnome-extra/libgsf buffer overflow (CVE-2006-4514)
Keywords:  
Status Whiteboard: B2 [glsa] DerCorny
Opened: 2006-11-30 09:18 0000
Description:   Opened: 2006-11-30 09:18 0000 
"infamous41md" discovered a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in libgsf, a
GNOME library for reading and writing structured file formats, which could lead
to the execution of arbitrary code.

------- Comment #1 From Stefan Cornelius (RETIRED) 2006-11-30 11:09:10 0000 ------- 
Additional info:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=446

Upstreams patch:
http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/libgsf/gsf/gsf-infile-msole.c?r1=1.73&r2=1.74

But there are also new upstream versions.

Gnome team please provide new ebuilds, thanks

------- Comment #2 From foser (RETIRED) 2006-12-04 08:17:26 0000 ------- 
libgsf 1.14.2 was already in portage and since there are no open issues
concerning it, I see no problem putting it up for stabilisation.

------- Comment #3 From Stefan Cornelius (RETIRED) 2006-12-04 09:09:00 0000 ------- 
arches, please test and stable libgsf-1.14.2. thanks!

------- Comment #4 From Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen 2006-12-05 00:45:58 0000 ------- 
@Stefan, perhaps it is easer for arches if we actually call them ;-)

Target keywords are:
libgsf-1.14.2.ebuild:KEYWORDS="alpha amd64 arm hppa ia64 ppc ppc64 sh sparc
x86"

------- Comment #5 From Christian Faulhammer 2006-12-05 03:25:13 0000 ------- 
x86 done

------- Comment #6 From Gustavo Zacarias (RETIRED) 2006-12-05 05:03:56 0000 ------- 
sparc stable.

------- Comment #7 From Tobias Scherbaum 2006-12-05 09:20:27 0000 ------- 
ppc stable

------- Comment #8 From Markus Rothe 2006-12-05 13:43:53 0000 ------- 
ppc64 stable

------- Comment #9 From Jeroen Roovers 2006-12-05 17:25:56 0000 ------- 
Stable for HPPA.

------- Comment #10 From Olivier Crete 2006-12-05 17:40:38 0000 ------- 
amd64 stable

------- Comment #11 From Fernando J. Pereda (RETIRED) 2006-12-10 08:01:20 0000 ------- 
Alpha gives a bit of love here.

------- Comment #12 From Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen 2006-12-12 14:26:35 0000 ------- 
GLSA 200612-13

------- Comment #13 From Raúl Porcel 2007-03-31 18:20:46 0000 ------- 
ia64 done