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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200503-09">
  <title>xv: Filename handling vulnerability</title>
  <synopsis>
    xv contains a format string vulnerability, potentially resulting in the
    execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">xv</product>
  <announced>2005-03-04</announced>
  <revised count="02">2006-05-22</revised>
  <bug>83686</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-gfx/xv" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">3.10a-r10</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">3.10a-r10</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    xv is an interactive image manipulation package for X11.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team identified a flaw
    in the handling of image filenames by xv.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    Successful exploitation would require a victim to process a specially
    crafted image with a malformed filename, potentially resulting in the
    execution of arbitrary code.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All xv users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-gfx/xv-3.10a-r10"</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0665">CVE-2005-0665</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2005-03-02T21:42:57Z">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-03-02T22:55:00Z">
    taviso
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-03-03T21:51:14Z">
    koon
  </metadata>
</glsa>
