Bug 159018 - gedit Filename Format String Issue
Summary: gedit Filename Format String Issue
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora Legacy
Classification: Retired
Component: gedit
Version: rhl7.3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Fedora Legacy Bugs
QA Contact:
URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/...
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-05-27 20:08 UTC by John Dalbec
Modified: 2007-08-30 19:57 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Last Closed: 2007-08-30 19:57:04 UTC
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Description John Dalbec 2005-05-27 20:08:02 UTC
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Description of problem:
05.21.15 CVE: Not Available
Platform: Linux
Title: gedit Filename Format String Issue
Description: gedit is an open source text processing application. It
is vulnerable to a format string issue because the application is
unable to process filenames with malicious format specifiers. gEdit
version 2.2.0 is reported to be vulnerable.
Ref: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/398634 

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How reproducible:
Couldn't Reproduce

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  See the URL for exploit steps.
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Actual Results:  The exploit didn't run, but gedit reported that the file "AA%n%n%n.c" didn't exist so there's a format string problem somewhere.

Expected Results:  Gedit should have opened the file and displayed its (binary) contents.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jesse Keating 2007-08-30 19:57:04 UTC
Fedora Legacy project has ended.  These will not be fixed by Fedora Legacy.


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