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Severity: Normal |
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Title: aspell: Buffer overflow in word-list-compress |
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Date: August 23, 2004 |
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Bugs: #53389 |
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ID: 200406-14:02 |
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Errata |
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The previous security patch intended to fix this vulnerability was apparently |
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incorrect in that it counted the words rather than characters. This revision |
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fixes that. This was brought to our attention by by Ludwig Nussel |
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<ludwig.nussel@××××.de> |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 app-text/aspell <= 0.50.5-r3 >= 0.50.5-r4 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-14.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0 |
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