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Gentoo: GLSA-200504-26 Normal: Convert-UUlib Buffer Overflow Risk

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Calendar Grey April 26, 2005
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A buffer overflow has been reported in Convert-UUlib, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200504-26 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Convert-UUlib: Buffer overflow Date: April 26, 2005 Bugs: #89501 ID: 200504-26

Synopsis ======= A buffer overflow has been reported in Convert-UUlib, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= Convert-UUlib provides a Perl interface to the uulib library, allowing Perl applications to access data encoded in a variety of formats.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-perl/Convert-UUlib < 1.051 >= 1.051
========== A vulnerability has been reported in Convert-UUlib where a malformed parameter can be provided by...

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