OpenPKG Security Advisory

Publisher Name:          OpenPKG GmbH
Publisher Home:          http://openpkg.com/

Advisory Id (public):    OpenPKG-SA-2004.011
Advisory Type:           OpenPKG Security Advisory (SA)
Advisory Directory:      http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA
Advisory Document:       http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA-2004.011
Advisory Published:      2010-03-15 22:15 UTC

Issue Id (internal):     OpenPKG-SI-20040407.02
Issue First Created:     2004-04-07
Issue Last Modified:     2006-11-28
Issue Revision:          05


Subject Name:            Sharutils
Subject Summary:         GNU Shell Archive Utilities
Subject Home:            http://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/
Subject Versions:        * <= 4.2.1

Vulnerability Id:        none
Vulnerability Scope:     global (not OpenPKG specific)

Attack Feasibility:      run-time
Attack Vector:           local system
Attack Impact:           arbitrary code execution

Description:
    According to a posting on Bugtraq [1], Shaun Colley discovered and
    researched a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability which exists in
    the GNU Sharutils [2] due to lack of bounds checking when handling the
    '-o' command-line option.

References:
    [1] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/359639
    [2] http://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/
    [3] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-source
    [4] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-binary
    [5] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.3/UPD/sharutils-4.2.1-1.3.1.src.rpm
    [6] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/2.0/UPD/sharutils-4.2.1-2.0.1.src.rpm
    [7] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.3/UPD/
    [8] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/2.0/UPD/
    [9] http://www.openpkg.org/security.html#signature


Primary Package Name:    sharutils
Primary Package Home:    http://openpkg.org/go/package/sharutils

Affected Distribution:   Affected Branch:  Affected Package:
OpenPKG Community        1.3-SOLID         sharutils-4.2.1-1.3.0
OpenPKG Community        2.0-SOLID         sharutils-4.2.1-2.0.0
OpenPKG Community        CURRENT           sharutils-4.2.1-20011201

Corrected Distribution:  Corrected Branch: Corrected Package:
OpenPKG Community        1.3-SOLID         sharutils-4.2.1-1.3.1
OpenPKG Community        2.0-SOLID         sharutils-4.2.1-2.0.1
OpenPKG Community        CURRENT           sharutils-4.2.1-20040407