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Gentoo: Wine Windows Metafile SETABORTPROC vulnerability Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Gentoo There is a flaw in Wine in the handling of Windows Metafiles (WMF) files, which could possibly result in the execution of arbitrary code.
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200601-09
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Wine: Windows Metafile SETABORTPROC vulnerability
      Date: January 13, 2006
      Bugs: #118101
        ID: 200601-09

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Synopsis
========

There is a flaw in Wine in the handling of Windows Metafiles (WMF)
files, which could possibly result in the execution of arbitrary code.

Background
==========

Wine is a free implementation of Windows APIs for Unix-like systems.

Affected packages
=================

    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     Package             /  Vulnerable  /                   Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  app-emulation/wine     < 20050930                     >= 20050930

Description
===========

H D Moore discovered that Wine implements the insecure-by-design
SETABORTPROC GDI Escape function for Windows Metafile (WMF) files.

Impact
======

An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted Windows
Metafile (WMF) file from within a Wine executed Windows application,
possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the rights
of the user running Wine.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All Wine users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/wine-20050930"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2006-0106
        http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0106

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200601-09.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
 
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