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Gentoo: GLSA-200407-19 Normal: Pavuk Buffer Overflow Risk

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Calendar Grey July 26, 2004
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Pavuk is reported to have a serious buffer overflow vulnerability allowing unauthorized code execution. Gentoo users should upgrade to mitigate these security risks
Pavuk contains a bug that can allow an attacker to run arbitrary code.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200407-19 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Pavuk: Digest authentication helper buffer overflow Date: July 26, 2004 ID: 200407-19

Synopsis ======= Pavuk contains a bug that can allow an attacker to run arbitrary code.
Background ========= Pavuk is web spider and website mirroring tool.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/pavuk <= 0.9.28-r2 >= 0.9.28-r3
========== Pavuk contains several buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the code handling digest authentication.
Impact ===== An attacker could cause a buffer overflow, leading to arbitrary code execution with the rights of the user running...

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