Format string vulnerability in gedit 2.10.2 may allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a bin file with format string specifiers in the filename. NOTE: while this issue is triggered on the command line by the gedit user, it has been reported that web browsers and email clients could be configured to provide a file name as an argument to gedit, so there is a valid attack that crosses security boundaries.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gedit | Gnome | 2.10.2 (including) | 2.10.2 (including) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | RedHat | gedit-1:2.2.2-4.rhel3 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | RedHat | gedit-1:2.8.1-4 | * |
| Gedit | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
| Gedit | Ubuntu | devel | * |
| Gedit | Ubuntu | edgy | * |
| Gedit | Ubuntu | feisty | * |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=111661117701398\u0026w=2
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-09.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-753
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-499.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1245
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9845
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/138-1/
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=111661117701398\u0026w=2
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-09.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-753
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-499.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1245
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9845
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/138-1/