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Gentoo: GLSA-200502-23 High: KStars Buffer Overflow Threat

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Calendar Grey February 16, 2005
Scroller Gentoo
KStars in Gentoo is affected by a critical buffer overflow flaw that permits arbitrary code execution.
KStars is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to arbitrary code execution with elevated privileges.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200502-23 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: KStars: Buffer overflow in fliccd Date: February 16, 2005 Bugs: #79585 ID: 200502-23

Synopsis ======= KStars is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to arbitrary code execution with elevated privileges.
Background ========= KDE is a feature-rich graphical desktop environment for Linux and Unix-like Operating Systems. KStars is a desktop planetarium for KDE. It includes support for the Instrument Neutral Distributed Interface (INDI).
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 kde-base/kdeedu < 3.3.2-r1 >= 3.3.2-r1
========== Erik Sjolund discovered...

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