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Gentoo: GLSA-202301-05 Normal: libdb Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey November 2, 2005
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Unpack Gentoo's guidance on vulnerabilities within libgda regarding format string weaknesses that could result in possible arbitrary code execution threats.
Two format string vulnerabilities in libgda may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200511-01 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: libgda: Format string vulnerabilities Date: November 02, 2005 Bugs: #110467 ID: 200511-01

Synopsis ======= Two format string vulnerabilities in libgda may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= libgda is the library handling the data abstraction layer in the Gnome data access architecture (GNOME-DB). It can also be used by non-GNOME applications to manage data stored in databases or XML files.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 gnome-extra/libgda < 1.2.2-r1 >= 1.2.2-r1
========== Steve Kemp discovered two format string vulnerabi...

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