Cscope: Multiple buffer overflows

Background

Cscope is a developer’s tool for browsing source code.

Description

Unchecked use of strcpy() and *scanf() leads to several buffer overflows.

Impact

A user could be enticed to open a carefully crafted file which would allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Cscope.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Cscope users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-util/cscope-15.5.20060927"