gedit: Format string vulnerability

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
app-editors/gedit	< 2.10.3	>= 2.10.3	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #93352

gedit suffers from a format string vulnerability that could allow arbitrary code execution.

2. Impact Information

gedit is the official text editor of the GNOME desktop environement.

A format string vulnerability exists when opening files with names containing format specifiers.

A specially crafted file with format specifiers in the filename can cause arbitrary code execution.

3. Resolution Information

There are no known workarounds at this time.

All gedit users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/gedit-2.10.3"

4. References

Updated June 11, 2005

Summary: This is a Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

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