An tla update has been released for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200405-25
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: tla: Heap-based buffer overflow in included libneon
Date: May 30, 2004
Bugs: #51586
ID: 200405-25

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Synopsis
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tla includes a vulnerable version of the neon library.



Background
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GNU Arch (tla) is a revision control system suited for widely distributed development.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-util/tla < 1.2.1_pre1 >= 1.2.1_pre1

Description
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Stefan Esser discovered a vulnerability in the code of the neon library (GLSA 200405-13): if a malicious date string is passed to the ne_rfc1036_parse() function, it can trigger a string overflow into static heap variables. tla includes it's own version of the library.

Impact
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When connected to a malicious WebDAV server, this vulnerability could allow execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running tla.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All users of tla should upgrade to the latest stable version:

# emerge sync

# emerge -pv ">=dev-util/tla-1.2.1_pre1"
# emerge ">=dev-util/tla-1.2.1_pre1"

References
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[ 1 ] GLSA 200405-13
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200405-13.xml

Availability
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This GLSA and any updated to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-25.xml

Concerns?
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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 http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Technologies, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0