ackle 14/05/18 11:39:56 Added: glsa-201405-19.xml Log: GLSA 201405-19
Revision Changes Path 1.1 xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201405-19.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201405-19.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201405-19.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain Index: glsa-201405-19.xml =================================================================== <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd";> <glsa id="201405-19"> <title>MCrypt: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title> <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MCrypt, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">mcrypt</product> <announced>May 18, 2014</announced> <revised>May 18, 2014: 1</revised> <bug>434112</bug> <bug>440778</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="app-crypt/mcrypt" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">2.6.8-r2</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">2.6.8-r2</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>MCrypt is a replacement of the old unix crypt(1) utility.</p> </background> <description> <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MCrypt:</p> <ul> <li>A boundary error in MCrypt could cause a stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-2012-4409). </li> <li>MCrypt contains multiple format string errors (CVE-2012-4426).</li> <li>MCrypt does not properly handle long file names, which could cause a stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-2012-4527). </li> </ul> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file using MCrypt, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All MCrypt users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-crypt/mcrypt-2.6.8-r2" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4409";>CVE-2012-4409</uri> <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4426";>CVE-2012-4426</uri> <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4527";>CVE-2012-4527</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 01 Jan 2013 21:30:40 +0000">ackle</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 18 May 2014 11:39:31 +0000">ackle</metadata> </glsa>
