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Gentoo: GLSA-200610-20 Important: Pine IMAP Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey October 17, 2005
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202311-22 concerning a buffer overflow vulnerability in Lynx NNTP processing, classified with a medium level of severity.
Lynx contains a buffer overflow that may be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200510-15 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Lynx: Buffer overflow in NNTP processing Date: October 17, 2005 Bugs: #108451 ID: 200510-15

Synopsis ======= Lynx contains a buffer overflow that may be exploited to execute arbitrary code.
Background ========= Lynx is a text-mode browser for the World Wide Web. It supports multiple URL types, including HTTP and NNTP URLs.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-client/lynx < 2.8.5-r1 >= 2.8.5-r1
========== When accessing a NNTP URL, Lynx connects to a NNTP server and retrieves information about the available articles in the target newsgroup. Ulf Ha...

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