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Gentoo: 200411-12 Normal: zgv Multiple Buffer Overflows Risk

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Calendar Grey November 7, 2004
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zgv contains multiple buffer overflows that can potentially lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

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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 ======= zgv contains multiple buffer overflows that can potentially lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= zgv is a console image viewer based on svgalib.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-gfx/zgv < 5.8 >= 5.8
========== Multiple arithmetic overflows have been detected in the image processing code of zgv.
Impact ===== An attacker could entice a user to open a specially-crafted image file, potentially resultin...

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