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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200908-07.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200908-07.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..60dfa23f --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200908-07.xml @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200908-07"> + <title>Perl Compress::Raw modules: Denial of Service</title> + <synopsis> + An off-by-one error in Compress::Raw::Zlib and Compress::Raw::Bzip2 might + lead to a Denial of Service. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">Compress-Raw-Zlib Compress-Raw-Bzip2</product> + <announced>August 18, 2009</announced> + <revised>August 18, 2009: 01</revised> + <bug>273141</bug> + <bug>281955</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="perl-core/Compress-Raw-Zlib" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.020</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.020</vulnerable> + </package> + <package name="perl-core/Compress-Raw-Bzip2" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.020</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.020</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Compress::Raw::Zlib and Compress::Raw::Bzip2 are Perl low-level + interfaces to the zlib and bzip2 compression libraries. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Leo Bergolth reported an off-by-one error in the inflate() function in + Zlib.xs of Compress::Raw::Zlib, possibly leading to a heap-based buffer + overflow (CVE-2009-1391). + </p> + <p> + Paul Marquess discovered a similar vulnerability in the bzinflate() + function in Bzip2.xs of Compress::Raw::Bzip2 (CVE-2009-1884). + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote attacker might entice a user or automated system (for instance + running SpamAssassin or AMaViS) to process specially crafted files, + possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Compress::Raw::Zlib users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=perl-core/Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.020"</code> + <p> + All Compress::Raw::Bzip2 users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=perl-core/Compress-Raw-Bzip2-2.020"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1391">CVE-2009-1391</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1884">CVE-2009-1884</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:33:05 +0000"> + a3li + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:43:38 +0000"> + a3li + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:32:50 +0000"> + a3li + </metadata> +</glsa> |