GLSA 200610-08: Cscope: Multiple buffer overflows

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Cscope: Multiple buffer overflows
Date:	10/20/2006
Bugs:	#144869
ID:	200610-08

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	< 15.5.20060927	>= 15.5.20060927	All supported architectures

Description

Unchecked use of strcpy() and *scanf() leads to several buffer overflows.

Impact

A user could be enticed to open a carefully crafted file which would 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-15.5.20060927"

References

CVE-2006-4262

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-08.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.