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<glsa id="200611-18">
  <title>TIN: Multiple buffer overflows</title>
  <synopsis>
    Multiple buffer overflows have been reported in TIN, possibly leading to
    the execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">tin</product>
  <announced>2006-11-24</announced>
  <revised count="01">2006-11-24</revised>
  <bug>150229</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-nntp/tin" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.8.2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.8.2</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    TIN is a threaded NNTP and spool based UseNet newsreader for a variety
    of platforms.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Urs Janssen and Aleksey Salow have reported multiple buffer overflows
    in TIN. Additionally, the OpenPKG project has reported an allocation
    off-by-one flaw which can lead to a buffer overflow.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    An attacker could entice a TIN user to read a specially crafted news
    article, and execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running
    TIN.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All TIN users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-nntp/tin-1.8.2"</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.005-tin.html">OpenPKG Advisory</uri>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0804">CVE-2006-0804</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-11-21T07:44:01Z">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-11-21T07:44:13Z">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-11-21T14:05:36Z">
    shellsage
  </metadata>
</glsa>
