Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 14:37:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Nick Barkas <snb@threerings.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/116881: [patch] security/vuxml add entry for buffer overflow in tcl < 8.4.16 Message-ID: <20071003213735.132E161DCF@smtp.earth.threerings.net> Resent-Message-ID: <200710032140.l93Le131089002@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 116881 >Category: ports >Synopsis: [patch] security/vuxml add entry for buffer overflow in tcl < 8.4.16 >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: update >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Oct 03 21:40:01 GMT 2007 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Nick Barkas >Release: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p4 i386 >Organization: Three Rings Desing, Inc. >Environment: System: FreeBSD mail1.earth.threerings.net 6.2-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p4 #0: Thu Apr 26 17:55:55 UTC 2007 root@i386-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 >Description: lang/tcl84 below 8.4.16 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. This patch adds an entry to VuXML for this vulnerability. tcl 8.4.16 is already available in the ports tree. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: --- vuln.xml.patch begins here --- --- vuln.xml.orig 2007-10-03 23:17:00.000000000 +0200 +++ vuln.xml 2007-10-03 23:27:34.000000000 +0200 @@ -34,6 +34,41 @@ --> <vuxml xmlns="http://www.vuxml.org/apps/vuxml-1">; + <vuln vid="d957f818-71f5-11dc-8c6a-00304881ac9a"> + <topic>tcl -- buffer overflow in ReadImage function</topic> + <affects> + <package> + <name>tcl</name> + <range><lt>8.4.16</lt></range> + </package> + </affects> + <description> + <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">; + <p>Secunia reports:</p> + <blockquote cite="http://secunia.com/advisories/26942">; + <p>A vulnerability has been reported in Tk, which can potentially be + exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using the + library.</p> + <p>The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the + "ReadImage()" function in generic/tkImgGIF.c. This can be exploited to + cause a buffer overflow via interlaced GIF files containing multiple + smaller frames following the first frame.</p> + <p>Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.</p> + <p>The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 8.4.16.</p> + </blockquote> + </body> + </description> + <references> + <url>http://secunia.com/advisories/26942</url>; + <url>http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=541207</url>; + <cvename>CVE-2007-5137</cvename> + </references> + <dates> + <discovery>2007-09-27</discovery> + <entry>2007-10-03</entry> + </dates> + </vuln> + <vuln vid="15ec9123-7061-11dc-b372-001921ab2fa4"> <topic>id3lib -- insecure temporary file creation</topic> <affects> --- vuln.xml.patch ends here --- >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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