GLSA 200405-25: tla: Multiple vulnerabilities in included libneon

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Severity:	normal
Title:	tla: Multiple vulnerabilities in included libneon
Date:	05/30/2004
Bugs:	#51586
ID:	200405-25

Synopsis

tla includes a vulnerable version of the neon library.

Background

GNU Arch (tla) is a revision control system suited for widely distributed development.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-util/tla	<= 1.2-r1	>= 1.2-r2	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple format string vulnerabilities and a heap overflow vulnerability were discovered in the code of the neon library (GLSA 200405-01 and 200405-13). Current versions of the tla package include their own version of this library.

Impact

When connected to a malicious WebDAV server, these vulnerabilities could allow execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running tla.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All users of tla should upgrade to the latest stable version:

    # emerge sync

    # emerge -pv ">=dev-util/tla-1.2-r2"
    # emerge ">=dev-util/tla-1.2-r2"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-25.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.