A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - Gnumeric: Heap overflow in the included PCRE library. Here the announcement:
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200509-02
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Gnumeric: Heap overflow in the included PCRE library
Date: September 03, 2005
Bugs: #104010
ID: 200509-02
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Synopsis
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Gnumeric is vulnerable to a heap overflow, possibly leading to the
execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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The Gnumeric spreadsheet is a versatile application developed as part
of the GNOME Office project. libpcre is a library providing functions
for Perl-compatible regular expressions.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-office/gnumeric < 1.4.3-r2 >= 1.4.3-r2
Description
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Gnumeric contains a private copy of libpcre which is subject to an
integer overflow leading to a heap overflow (see GLSA 200508-17).
Impact
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An attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability by tricking a
user into opening a specially crafted spreadsheet, which could lead to
the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
Gnumeric.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Gnumeric users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/gnumeric-1.4.3-r2"
References
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[ 1 ] CAN-2005-2491
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?nameÊN-2005-2491
[ 2 ] GLSA 200508-17
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-17.xml
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200509-02.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 2005 Gentoo Foundation, 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/2.0
