Gentoo: GLSA-200505-08 Normal: HT Editor Buffer Overflows Threat

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200505-08 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: HT Editor: Multiple buffer overflows Date: May 10, 2005 Bugs: #91569 ID: 200505-08

Synopsis ======= Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in HT Editor, potentially leading to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= HT is a hex editor, designed to help analyse and modify executable files.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-editors/hteditor < 0.8.0-r2 >= 0.8.0-r2
========== Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Team discovered an integer overflow in the ELF parser, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. The vendor has rep...