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Gentoo: GLSA-202310-01 High: VLC Media Player Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey May 19, 2004
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KDE URI handler flaws found in Gentoo. Mitigate by updating affected packages to prevent exploitation and safeguard systems.
Vulnerabilities in KDE URI handlers makes your system vulnerable to various attacks.

Summary

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200405-11
                                            https://security.gentoo.org/

  Severity: Normal
     Title: KDE URI Handler Vulnerabilities
      Date: May 19, 2004
      Bugs: #51276
        ID: 200405-11


Synopsis
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Vulnerabilities in KDE URI handlers makes your system vulnerable to
various attacks.

Background
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The K Desktop Environment (KDE) is a powerful Free Software graphical
desktop environment. KDE makes use of URI handlers to trigger various
programs when specific URLs are received.

Affected packages
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     Package           /   Vulnerable   /                   Unaffected
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  1  kde-base/kdelibs       <= 3.2.2                       >= 3.2.2-r1
                                                            = 3.1.5-r1

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