GLSA-200501-10 : Vilistextum: Buffer overflow vulnerability

critical Nessus Plugin ID 16401

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200501-10 (Vilistextum: Buffer overflow vulnerability)

Ariel Berkman discovered that Vilistextum unsafely reads data into an array without checking the length. This code vulnerability may lead to a buffer overflow.
Impact :

A remote attacker could craft a malicious webpage which, when converted, would result in the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running Vilistextum.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Vilistextum users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/vilistextum-2.6.7'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?33a1f95c

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200501-10

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 16401

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200501-10.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 2/14/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:vilistextum, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/6/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1299

GLSA: 200501-10