From aliz@gentoo.org Mon Mar 31 20:26:54 2003 From: Daniel Ahlberg To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 14:35:56 +0200 Subject: GLSA: dietlibc (200303-29) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200303-29 - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : dietlibc SUMMARY : integer overflow DATE : 2003-03-31 12:35 UTC EXPLOIT : remote VERSIONS AFFECTED : <0.22-r1 FIXED VERSION : >=0.22-r1 CVE : CAN-2003-0028 - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- - From advisory: "The xdrmem_getbytes() function in the XDR library provided by Sun Microsystems contains an integer overflow. Depending on the location and use of the vulnerable xdrmem_getbytes() routine, various conditions may be presented that can permit an attacker to remotely exploit a service using this vulnerable routine." Read the full advisory at: http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD20030318.html SOLUTION It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running dev-libs/dietlibc upgrade to dietlibc-0.22-r1 as follows: emerge sync emerge dietlibc emerge clean - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at http://cvs.gentoo.org/~aliz - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+iDYjfT7nyhUpoZMRAnM9AKCjWSJBcsWKMWNpDx5fhhRM83zM8QCffwnA 3203obwOioSqaykqFmB7lAo= =FJTb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----