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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200303-25 |
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PACKAGE : zlib |
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SUMMARY : buffer overrun |
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DATE : 2003-03-28 10:50 UTC |
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EXPLOIT : remote |
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VERSIONS AFFECTED : <1.1.4-r1 |
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FIXED VERSION : >=1.1.4-r1 |
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CVE : CAN-2003-0107 |
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- From advisory: |
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"zlib contains a function called gzprintf(). This is similar in |
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behaviour to fprintf() except that by default, this function will |
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smash the stack if called with arguments that expand to more than |
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Z_PRINTF_BUFSIZE (=4096 by default) bytes." |
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Read the full advisory at |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/312869/2003-02-18/2003-02-24/0 |
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SOLUTION |
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It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running |
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sys-libs/zlib upgrade to zlib-1.1.4-r1 as follows: |
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emerge sync |
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emerge zlib |
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emerge clean |
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