GLSA 200504-26: Convert-UUlib: Buffer overflow

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Convert-UUlib: Buffer overflow
Date:	04/26/2005
Bugs:	#89501
ID:	200504-26

Synopsis

A buffer overflow has been reported in Convert-UUlib, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Convert-UUlib provides a Perl interface to the uulib library, allowing Perl applications to access data encoded in a variety of formats.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-perl/Convert-UUlib	< 1.051	>= 1.051	All supported architectures

Description

A vulnerability has been reported in Convert-UUlib where a malformed parameter can be provided by an attacker allowing a read operation to overflow a buffer. The vendor credits Mark Martinec and Robert Lewis with the discovery.

Impact

Successful exploitation would permit an attacker to run arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the Perl application.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Convert-UUlib users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-perl/Convert-UUlib-1.051"

References

CVE-2005-1349

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200504-26.xml

Concerns?

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