gedit: Format string vulnerability

gedit: Format string vulnerability gedit suffers from a format string vulnerability that could allow arbitrary code execution. gedit 2005-06-11 2006-05-22 93352 remote 2.10.3 2.10.3

gedit is the official text editor of the GNOME desktop environement.

A format string vulnerability exists when opening files with names containing format specifiers.

A specially crafted file with format specifiers in the filename can cause arbitrary code execution.

There are no known workarounds at this time.

All gedit users should upgrade to the latest version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/gedit-2.10.3"

BugTraq ID 13699 gedit 10.3 Release Notes CVE-2005-1686 koon r2d2 koon