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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200404-11
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: High
Title: Multiple Vulnerabilities in pwlib
Date: April 09, 2004
Bugs: #45846
ID: 200404-11
Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilites have been found in pwlib that may lead to a
remote denial of service or buffer overflow attack.
Background
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pwlib is a multi-platform library designed for OpenH323.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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dev-libs/pwlib <= 1.5.2-r2 >= 1.5.2-r3
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the implimentation of
protocol H.323 contained in pwlib. Most of the vulnerabilies are in the
parsing of ASN.1 elements which would allow an attacker t...
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