[gentoo-security] GLSA: setiathome (200304-03)

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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200304-03
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PACKAGE : setiathome
SUMMARY : buffer overflow
DATE : 2003-04-09 10:57 UTC
EXPLOIT : remote
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <3.08
FIXED VERSION : >=3.08
CVE :

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- From advisory:

"There is a bufferoverflow in the server responds handler. Sending an
overly large string followed by a newline ('\n') character to the
client will trigger this overflow. This has been tested with various
versions of the client. All versions are presumed to have this flaw in
some form."

Read the full advisory at:
http://spoor12.edup.tudelft.nl/

SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
app-sci/setiathome upgrade to setiathome-3.08 as follows:

emerge sync
emerge setiathome
emerge clean

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