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Gentoo: GLSA-202309-09 Normal: STLport Remote Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey March 6, 2007
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
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Two buffer overflows have been discovered in STLport possibly leading to the remote execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200703-07 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: STLport: Possible remote execution of arbitrary code Date: March 06, 2007 Bugs: #165837 ID: 200703-07

Synopsis ======= Two buffer overflows have been discovered in STLport possibly leading to the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= STLport is a multi-platform C++ Standard Library implementation.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-libs/STLport < 5.0.3 >= 5.0.3
========== Two buffer overflows have been discovered, one in "print floats" and one in the rope constructor.
Impact ===== Both of the buffer overflows could resul...

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