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+<?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="200707-06">
+ <title>XnView: Stack-based buffer overflow</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ XnView is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow and possible remote
+ code execution when handling XPM image files.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">xnview</product>
+ <announced>July 11, 2007</announced>
+ <revised>July 11, 2007: 01</revised>
+ <bug>175670</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="x11-misc/xnview" auto="yes" arch="x86">
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.70</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ XnView is software to view and convert graphics files. XPixMap (XPM) is
+ a simple ascii-based graphics format.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ XnView is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow while processing
+ an XPM file with an overly long section string (greater than 1024
+ bytes).
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ An attacker could entice a user to view a specially crafted XPM file
+ with XnView that could trigger the vulnerability and possibly execute
+ arbitrary code with the rights of the user running XnView.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ No update appears to be forthcoming from the XnView developer and
+ XnView is proprietary, so the XnView package has been masked in
+ Portage. We recommend that users select an alternate graphics viewer
+ and conversion utility, and unmerge XnView:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --unmerge xnview</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2194">CVE-2007-2194</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 01 Jul 2007 10:38:47 +0000">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:12:51 +0000">
+ aetius
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:39:42 +0000">
+ DerCorny
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>