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Gentoo: GLSA-200511-23 Critical: chmlib Buffer Overflow Attack

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Calendar Grey November 28, 2005
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A security flaw in libchm and KchmViewer may permit the running of unauthorized code. Update immediately to ensure your safety.
chmlib and KchmViewer contain a buffer overflow vulnerability which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200511-23 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: chmlib, KchmViewer: Stack-based buffer overflow Date: November 28, 2005 Bugs: #110557 ID: 200511-23

Synopsis ======= chmlib and KchmViewer contain a buffer overflow vulnerability which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= chmlib is a library for dealing with Microsoft ITSS and CHM format files. KchmViewer is a CHM viewer that includes its own copy of the chmlib library.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-doc/chmlib < 0.37.4 >= 0.37.4 2 app-doc/kchmviewer < 1.1 >=...

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