This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig063109244EC624981954B7DA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200512-16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Low Title: OpenMotif, AMD64 x86 emulation X libraries: Buffer overflows in libUil library Date: December 28, 2005 Bugs: #114234, #116481 ID: 200512-16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Two buffer overflows have been discovered in libUil, part of the OpenMotif toolkit, that can potentially lead to the execution of arbitrary code. Background ========== OpenMotif provides a free version of the Motif toolkit for open source applications. The OpenMotif libraries are included in the AMD64 x86 emulation X libraries, which emulate the x86 (32-bit) architecture on the AMD64 (64-bit) architecture. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 openmotif < 2.2.3-r8 >= 2.2.3-r8 *>= 2.1.30-r13 2 emul-linux-x86-xlibs < 2.2.1 >= 2.2.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- # Package 2 [app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-xlibs] only applies to AMD64 users. NOTE: Any packages listed without architecture tags apply to all architectures... ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages ------------------------------------------------------------------- Description =========== xfocus discovered two potential buffer overflows in the libUil library, in the diag_issue_diagnostic and open_source_file functions. Impact ====== Remotely-accessible or SUID applications making use of the affected functions might be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All OpenMotif users should upgrade to an unaffected version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose x11-libs/openmotif All AMD64 x86 emulation X libraries users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-xlibs References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2005-3964 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3964 [ 2 ] xfocus SD-051202 Original Advisory http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-12/0047.html Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200512-16.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 http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= 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 --------------enig063109244EC624981954B7DA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDsrWzvcL1obalX08RArLvAJ9pGX200SCycaDjeOCd8cpFb676MwCcD2Jl CgTH9DCmc+4o8pzOE5DgT9w= =UFAa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig063109244EC624981954B7DA--