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Gentoo: GLSA-200711-27 Normal: Link Grammar Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey November 19, 2007
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A vulnerability in the Link Grammar parser poses a risk for Gentoo users. Please update your software to ensure security.
A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Link Grammar.

Summary

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200711-27
                                            https://security.gentoo.org/

  Severity: Normal
     Title: Link Grammar: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
      Date: November 18, 2007
      Bugs: #196803
        ID: 200711-27


Synopsis
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A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Link Grammar.

Background
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The Link Grammar parser is a syntactic parser of English, based on link
grammar, an original theory of English syntax.

Affected packages
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     Package                /  Vulnerable  /                Unaffected
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  1  dev-libs/link-grammar     < 4.2.4-r1                  >= 4.2.4-r1

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Alin Rad Pop from Secunia Research discovered a boundary error in the
function separate_s...
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