metadata/glsa/glsa-201708-09.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201708-09">
  <title>AutoTrace: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in AutoTrace, the worst of
    which could cause a Denial of Service condition.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">autotrace</product>
  <announced>2017-08-26</announced>
  <revised count="1">2017-08-26</revised>
  <bug>613992</bug>
  <bug>619040</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-gfx/autotrace" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <vulnerable range="le">0.31.1-r8</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>AutoTrace converts bitmap to vector graphics.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Heap-based buffer overflows have been discovered in the
      pstoedit_suffix_table_init and pnm_load_rawpbm functions of AutoTrace.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>Remote attackers, by enticing a user to process a crafted bmp image
      file, could cause a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>Gentoo has discontinued support for AutoTrace. We recommend that users
      unmerge AutoTrace:
    </p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --unmerge "media-gfx/autotrace"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7392">CVE-2016-7392</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-9153">CVE-2017-9153</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-08-22T03:00:50Z">b-man</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-08-26T14:47:40Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>