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Gentoo: GLSA-200501-11 Normal: Dillo Format String Issue - Code Exec

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Calendar Grey January 9, 2005
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Gentoo Linux alerts users regarding Dillo's format string weakness allowing code execution. Update immediately to mitigate risks.
Dillo is vulnerable to a format string bug, which may result in the execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200501-11 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Dillo: Format string vulnerability Date: January 09, 2005 Bugs: #76665 ID: 200501-11

Synopsis ======= Dillo is vulnerable to a format string bug, which may result in the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= Dillo is a small and fast multi-platform web browser based on GTK+.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-client/dillo < 0.8.3-r4 >= 0.8.3-r4
========== Gentoo Linux developer Tavis Ormandy found a format string bug in Dillo's handling of messages in a_Interface_msg().
Impact ===== An attacker could craft a malicious web page which,...

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