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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200411-19
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: Pavuk: Multiple buffer overflows
Date: November 10, 2004
Bugs: #70516
ID: 200411-19
Synopsis
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Pavuk contains multiple buffer overflows that can allow a remote
attacker to run arbitrary code.
Background
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Pavuk is web spider and website mirroring tool.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-misc/pavuk < 0.9.31 >= 0.9.31
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Pavuk contains several buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the code
handling digest authentication and HTTP header processing. This issue
is similar to GLSA 200407-19, but contains more vulnerabilities.
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