Gentoo: 200411-12 Normal: zgv Multiple Buffer Overflows Risk
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November 7, 2004
zgv contains multiple buffer overflows that can potentially lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200411-12:01
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: zgv: Multiple buffer overflows
Date: November 07, 2004
Bugs: #69150
ID: 200411-12:01
Synopsis
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zgv contains multiple buffer overflows that can potentially lead to the
execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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zgv is a console image viewer based on svgalib.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-gfx/zgv < 5.8 >= 5.8
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Multiple arithmetic overflows have been detected in the image
processing code of zgv.
Impact
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An attacker could entice a user to open a specially-crafted image file,
potentially resultin...
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