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Gentoo Linux Axel Exploit Identified: GLSA-200504-09 Normal Severity

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Calendar Grey April 12, 2005
Scroller Gentoo
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A buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in Axel which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200504-09 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Axel: Vulnerability in HTTP redirection handling Date: April 12, 2005 Bugs: #88264 ID: 200504-09

Synopsis ======= A buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in Axel which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= Axel is a console-based FTP/HTTP download accelerator.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/axel < 1.0b >= 1.0b
========== A possible buffer overflow has been reported in the HTTP redirection handling code in conn.c.
Impact ===== A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by setting up...

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