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<glsa id="201503-07">
  <title>hivex: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
  <synopsis>An out-of-bounds error in hivex may result in execution of
    arbitrary code or Denial of Service.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">hivex</product>
  <announced>2015-03-14</announced>
  <revised count="1">2015-03-14</revised>
  <bug>490990</bug>
  <access>local, remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="app-misc/hivex" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.3.11</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.3.11</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>hivex is a library for reading and writing Windows Registry ‘hive’
      binary files.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Manipulating a short or truncated hive file may trigger an out-of-bounds
      read or write in hivex.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A context-dependent attacker could cause an application linked against
      hivex to pass a short or truncated hive file, 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 hivex users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-misc/hivex-1.3.11"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9273">CVE-2014-9273</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2015-01-15T23:12:47Z">
    BlueKnight
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2015-03-14T18:22:22Z">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>
