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Gentoo GLSA 200603-12 Normal: zoo Buffer Overflow Threat Advisory

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Calendar Grey March 16, 2006
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo notification regarding GLAS 200603-12: Resolving a buffer overflow issue in zoo that may result in remote code execution.
A buffer overflow in zoo may be exploited to execute arbitrary when creating archives of specially crafted directories and files.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200603-12 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: zoo: Buffer overflow Date: March 16, 2006 Bugs: #125622 ID: 200603-12

Synopsis ======= A buffer overflow in zoo may be exploited to execute arbitrary when creating archives of specially crafted directories and files.
Background ========= zoo is a file archiving utility for maintaining collections of files, written by Rahul Dhesi.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-arch/zoo < 2.10-r2 >= 2.10-r2
========== zoo is vulnerable to a new buffer overflow due to insecure use of the strcpy() function when trying to create an archive from certain dir...

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