OpenPKG Security Advisory
OpenPKG-SA-2006.005
Publisher Name: OpenPKG GmbH
Publisher Home: http://openpkg.com/
Advisory Id (public): OpenPKG-SA-2006.005
Advisory Type: OpenPKG Security Advisory (SA)
Advisory Directory: http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA
Advisory Document: http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA-2006.005
Advisory Published: 2010-02-09 13:33 UTC
Issue Id (internal): OpenPKG-SI-20060219.02
Issue First Created: 2006-02-19
Issue Last Modified: 2006-11-28
Issue Revision: 06
Subject Name: TIN
Subject Summary: News User Agent
Subject Home: http://www.tin.org/
Subject Versions: * <= 1.8.0
Vulnerability Id: none
Vulnerability Scope: global (not OpenPKG specific)
Attack Feasibility: run-time
Attack Vector: remote network
Attack Impact: denial of service
Description:
An allocation off-by-one bug exists in the TIN [1] news reader version
1.8.0 and earlier which can lead to a buffer overflow.
References:
[1] http://www.tin.org/
Primary Package Name: tin
Primary Package Home: http://openpkg.org/go/package/tin
Affected Distribution: Affected Branch: Affected Package:
OpenPKG Community 2.3-SOLID tin-1.6.2-2.3.1
OpenPKG Community 2.4-SOLID tin-1.6.2-2.4.1
OpenPKG Community 2.5-SOLID tin-1.6.2-2.5.0
OpenPKG Community CURRENT tin-1.8.0-20060113
Corrected Distribution: Corrected Branch: Corrected Package:
OpenPKG Community 2.3-SOLID tin-1.6.2-2.3.2
OpenPKG Community 2.4-SOLID tin-1.6.2-2.4.2
OpenPKG Community 2.5-SOLID tin-1.6.2-2.5.1
OpenPKG Community CURRENT tin-1.8.1-20060216