GLSA-200406-14 : aspell: Buffer overflow in word-list-compress

high Nessus Plugin ID 14525

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-200406-14 (aspell: Buffer overflow in word-list-compress)

aspell includes a utility for handling wordlists called word-list-compress. This utility fails to do proper bounds checking when processing words longer than 256 bytes.
Impact :

If an attacker could entice a user to handle a wordlist containing very long word lengths it could result in the execution of arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the program.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version.

Solution

All users should upgrade to the latest available version of aspell.
# emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=app-text/aspell-0.50.5-r4' # emerge '>=app-text/aspell-0.50.5-r4'

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 14525

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200406-14.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 8/30/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/17/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/8/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0548

GLSA: 200406-14

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