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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200301-8 |
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PACKAGE : mod_php php |
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SUMMARY : buffer overflow |
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DATE : 2003-01-13 15:01 UTC |
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EXPLOIT : remote |
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- From advisory: |
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"If you use the wordwrap() function on user-supplied input, a |
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specially-crafted input can overflow the allocated buffer and |
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overwrite the heap. Exploit looks very difficult, but still |
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theoretically possible." |
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Read the full advisory at |
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http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=104102689503192&w=2 |
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SOLUTION |
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It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running |
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dev-php/php-4.2.3 and/or dev-php/mod_php-4.2.3 or earlier update |
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their systems as follows: |
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emerge rsync |
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emerge php |
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and/or |
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emerge mod_php |
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finish with: |
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emerge clean |
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aliz@g.o - GnuPG key is available at www.gentoo.org/~aliz |
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rphillips@g.o |
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