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<glsa id="200805-14">
  <title>Common Data Format library: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
  <synopsis>
    A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in the Common Data
    Format library.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">cdf</product>
  <announced>2008-05-13</announced>
  <revised count="01">2008-05-13</revised>
  <bug>220391</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="sci-libs/cdf" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">3.2.1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">3.2.1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    The Common Data Format library is a scientific data management package
    which allows programmers and application developers to manage and
    manipulate scalar, vector, and multi-dimensional data arrays in a
    platform independent fashion.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Alfredo Ortega (Core Security Technologies) reported a boundary error
    within the Read32s_64() function when processing CDF files.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted CDF
    file, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with
    the privileges of the user running the application.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All Common Data Format library users should upgrade to the latest
    version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sci-libs/cdf-3.2.1"</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2080">CVE-2008-2080</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-05-11T18:49:47Z">
    keytoaster
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-05-12T10:41:41Z">
    p-y
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-05-12T10:41:52Z">
    p-y
  </metadata>
</glsa>
