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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200210-005 |
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PACKAGE : groff |
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SUMMARY : buffer overflow |
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DATE : 2002-10-19 19:30 UTC |
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The groff preprocessor contains an exploitable buffer overflow. If |
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groff can be invoked within the LPRng printing system, an attacker |
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can gain rights as the "lp" user. |
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Remote exploitation may be possible if lpd is running and is accessible |
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remotely, and the attacker knows the name of the printer and spoolfile. |
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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-apps/groff-1.17.2-r2 and earlier update their systems |
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as follows: |
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emerge rsync |
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emerge groff |
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emerge clean |
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