GLSA 200606-10: Cscope: Many buffer overflows

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Cscope: Many buffer overflows
Date:	06/11/2006
Bugs:	#133829
ID:	200606-10

Synopsis

Cscope is vulnerable to multiple buffer overflows that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Cscope is a developer's tool for browsing source code.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-util/cscope	< 15.5-r6	>= 15.5-r6	All supported architectures

Description

Cscope does not verify the length of file names sourced in #include statements.

Impact

A user could be enticed to source a carefully crafted file which will allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Cscope.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Cscope users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-util/cscope-15.5-r6"

References

CVE-2004-2541

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200606-10.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 security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.