GLSA 200801-18: Kazehakase: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Kazehakase: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	01/30/2008
Bugs:	#198983
ID:	200801-18

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities in Kazehakase could result in the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Kazehakase is a web browser based on the Gecko engine.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
www-client/kazehakase	< 0.5.0	>= 0.5.0	All supported architectures

Description

Kazehakase includes a copy of PCRE which is vulnerable to multiple buffer overflows and memory corruptions vulnerabilities (GLSA 200711-30).

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open specially crafted input (e.g bookmarks) with Kazehakase, which could possibly lead to the execution of arbitrary code, a Denial of Service or the disclosure of sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Kazehakase users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/kazehakase-0.5.0"

References

GLSA-200711-30

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-18.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.