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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200301-6 |
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PACKAGE : http-fetcher |
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SUMMARY : buffer overflow |
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DATE : 2003-01-07 09:01 UTC |
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EXPLOIT : remote |
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- From advisory: |
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"HTTP Fetcher library is exposed to very fatal buffer overflow. |
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And, It influences in other several programs." |
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Read the full advisory at |
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http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=104187658217144&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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net-www/http-fetcher-1.0.1 or earlier update their systems as |
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follows: |
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emerge rsync |
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emerge http-fetcher |
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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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mkennedy@g.o |
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