libgsf: Buffer overflow — GLSA 200612-13

libgsf improperly allocates memory allowing for a heap overflow and possibly the execution of arbitrary code.

Affected packages

Background

The GNOME Structured File Library is an I/O library that can read and write common file types and handle structured formats that provide file-system-in-a-file semantics.

Description

"infamous41md" has discovered that the "ole_init_info" function may allocate too little memory for storing the contents of an OLE document, resulting in a heap buffer overflow.

Impact

An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted OLE document, and possibly execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user opening the document.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=gnome-extra/libgsf-1.14.2"

References

• CVE-2006-4514

Release date
December 12, 2006

Latest revision
December 12, 2006: 01

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

Bugzilla entries

• 156693