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Gentoo GLSA-200608-27: Motor Execution Risk Due to Ktools Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey August 29, 2006
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The Gentoo GLSA-200608-27 report highlights the potential for arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities in motor due to a flaw in the ktools library.
Motor uses a vulnerable ktools library, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200608-27 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Motor: Execution of arbitrary code Date: August 29, 2006 Bugs: #135020 ID: 200608-27

Synopsis ======= Motor uses a vulnerable ktools library, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= Motor is a text mode based programming environment for Linux, with a syntax highlighting feature, project manager, makefile generator, gcc and gdb front-end, and CVS integration.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-util/motor < 3.4.0-r1 *>= 3.3.0-r1 >= 3.4.0-r1
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