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Gentoo: GLSA-200608-18 Normal: Net::Server Format String DoS

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Calendar Grey August 10, 2006
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The Net::Server component has a format string vulnerability, which may lead to denial of service; please update to mitigate risks. Severity: Moderate, GLSA-202305-12
A format string vulnerability has been reported in Net::Server which can be exploited to cause a Denial of Service.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200608-18 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Net::Server: Format string vulnerability Date: August 10, 2006 Bugs: #142386 ID: 200608-18

Synopsis ======= A format string vulnerability has been reported in Net::Server which can be exploited to cause a Denial of Service.
Background ========= Net::Server is an extensible, generic Perl server engine. It is used by several Perl applications like Postgrey.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-perl/net-server < 0.88 >= 0.88
========== The log function of Net::Server does not handle format string specifiers properly before they are sent to syslog.
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