Gentoo: GLSA-202310-05 Critical: LibXYZ Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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January 29, 2006
A buffer overflow in LibAST may result in execution of arbitrary code with escalated privileges.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200601-14
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: High
Title: LibAST: Privilege escalation
Date: January 29, 2006
Bugs: #120106
ID: 200601-14
Synopsis
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A buffer overflow in LibAST may result in execution of arbitrary code
with escalated privileges.
Background
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LibAST is a utility library that was originally intended to accompany
Eterm, but may be used by various other applications.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 x11-libs/libast < 0.7 >= 0.7
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Michael Jennings discovered an exploitable buffer overflow in the
configuration engine of LibAST.
Impact
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The vulnerability can...
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