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HistoryAug 07, 2007 - 9:12 p.m.

libgtop2 security update

2007-08-0721:12:02
CentOS Project
lists.centos.org
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3.7 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

HIGH

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

19.4%

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2007:0765

The libgtop2 package contains a library for obtaining information about a
running system, such as cpu, memory and disk usage; active processes; and
PIDs.

A flaw was found in the way libgtop2 handled long filenames mapped
into the address space of a process. An attacker could execute arbitrary
code on behalf of the user running gnome-system-monitor by executing a
process and mapping a file with a specially crafted name into the
processes’ address space. (CVE-2007-0235)

This update also fixes the following bug:

  • when a version of libgtop2 compiled to run on a 32-bit architecture was
    used to inspect a process running in 64-bit mode, it failed to report
    certain information regarding address space mapping correctly.

All users of gnome-system-monitor are advised to upgrade to this updated
libgtop2 package, which contains backported patches that resolve these issues.

Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-August/076298.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-August/076299.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-August/076303.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-August/076304.html

Affected packages:
libgtop2
libgtop2-devel

Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0765

3.7 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

HIGH

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

19.4%