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Gentoo: GLSA-200805-14 Normal: Common Data Format Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey May 13, 2008
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
In Gentoo Linux Advisory GLSA 202210-05, there is an identified security vulnerability in the XYZ library that may result in unauthorized access to system resources.
A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in the Common Data Format library.

Summary

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200805-14
                                            https://security.gentoo.org/

  Severity: Normal
     Title: Common Data Format library: User-assisted execution of
            arbitrary code
      Date: May 13, 2008
      Bugs: #220391
        ID: 200805-14


Synopsis
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A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in the Common Data
Format library.

Background
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The Common Data Format library is a scientific data management package
which allows programmers and application developers to manage and
manipulate scalar, vector, and multi-dimensional data arrays in a
platform independent fashion.

Affected packages
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Topics Covered

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo buffer overflow code execution remote execution normal severity Common Data Format

Synopsis

Background

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