[ GLSA 200606-03 ] Dia: Format string vulnerabilities

[Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz () gentoo org>]

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200606-03
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Dia: Format string vulnerabilities
      Date: June 07, 2006
      Bugs: #133699
        ID: 200606-03

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Synopsis
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Format string vulnerabilities in Dia may lead to the execution of
arbitrary code.

Background
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Dia is a GTK+ based diagram creation program.

Affected packages
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     Package         /  Vulnerable  /                       Unaffected
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  1  app-office/dia      < 0.95.1                            >= 0.95.1

Description
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KaDaL-X discovered a format string error within the handling of
filenames. Hans de Goede also discovered several other format string
errors in the processing of dia files.

Impact
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By enticing a user to open a specially crafted file, a remote attacker
could exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code with the
rights of the user running the application.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Dia users should upgrade to the latest available version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/dia-0.95.1"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2006-2453
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2453
  [ 2 ] CVE-2006-2480
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2480

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-200606-03.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 2006 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/2.5

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