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Gentoo: GLSA-200507-28 High: Emulation Libraries Buffer Overflow Risk

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Calendar Grey August 20, 2005
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Critical warning issued for Gentoo concerning AMD64 x86 compatibility libraries, highlighting potential vulnerabilities related to buffer overflow threats.
The x86 emulation base libraries for AMD64 contain a vulnerable version of zlib which could potentially lead to execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200507-28 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: AMD64 x86 emulation base libraries: Buffer overflow Date: July 30, 2005 Bugs: #100686 ID: 200507-28

Synopsis ======= The x86 emulation base libraries for AMD64 contain a vulnerable version of zlib which could potentially lead to execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= The x86 emulation base libraries for AMD64 emulate the x86 (32-bit) architecture on the AMD64 (64-bit) architecture.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 emul-linux-x86-baselibs < 2.2 >= 2.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- # P...

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