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Gentoo: GLSA-200709-04 Normal: libpng Security Vulnerability Detected

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Calendar Grey September 13, 2007
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A buffer overflow vulnerability found in Streamripper on Gentoo might allow for code execution with the privileges of the user.
A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Streamripper, allowing for user-assisted execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200709-03 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Streamripper: Buffer overflow Date: September 13, 2007 Bugs: #188698 ID: 200709-03

Synopsis ======= A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Streamripper, allowing for user-assisted execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= Streamripper is a tool for extracting and recording mp3 files from a Shoutcast stream.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-sound/streamripper < 1.62.2 >= 1.62.2
========== Chris Rohlf discovered several boundary errors in the httplib_parse_sc_header() function when processing HTTP headers.
Impact ===== A re...

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