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GLSA-200505-08 : HT Editor: Multiple buffer overflows

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18234

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-200505-08 (HT Editor: Multiple buffer overflows)

 Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Team discovered an integer overflow in the ELF parser, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
 The vendor has reported that an unrelated buffer overflow has been discovered in the PE parser.
 Impact :

 Successful exploitation would require the victim to open a specially crafted file using HT, potentially permitting an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All hteditor users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-editors/hteditor-0.8.0-r2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200505-08

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18234

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200505-08.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 5/11/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/10/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1545, CVE-2005-1546

GLSA: 200505-08