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Gentoo: GLSA-200506-09 Normal: gedit Format String Risk

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Calendar Grey June 11, 2005
Scroller Gentoo
Gentoo notice highlights a gedit formatting string vulnerability that may enable execution of arbitrary code. It is crucial to perform an upgrade for enhanced security.
gedit suffers from a format string vulnerability that could allow arbitrary code execution.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200506-09 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: gedit: Format string vulnerability Date: June 11, 2005 Bugs: #93352 ID: 200506-09

Synopsis ======= gedit suffers from a format string vulnerability that could allow arbitrary code execution.
Background ========= gedit is the official text editor of the GNOME desktop environement.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-editors/gedit < 2.10.3 >= 2.10.3
========== A format string vulnerability exists when opening files with names containing format specifiers.
Impact ===== A specially crafted file with format specifiers in the filename can caus...

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