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Gentoo: GLSA-200509-02 Critical: Gnumeric Heap Overflow in PCRE Library

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Calendar Grey September 6, 2005
Scroller Gentoo
A heap overflow vulnerability in Gnumeric, tied to the PCRE library, can lead to code execution risks, threatening data integrity and system stability.

Summary


----- Original Message Header -----
Subject: [ GLSA 200509-02 ] Gnumeric: Heap overflow in the included PCRE library
From: Thierry Carrez; 
To: gentoo-announce@lists.gentoo.org; 
Cc: bugtraq@securityfocus.com; full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk; security-alerts@linuxsecurity.com; 
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security advisory security issue gentoo critical heap overflow pc_re_library

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security advisory security issue gentoo critical heap overflow pc_re_library

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