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Gentoo GLSA 200806-01 High: Mtr Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Threat

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Calendar Grey June 3, 2008
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Delve into the Gentoo Linux GLSA 200806-01 advisory on a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in mtr and identify effective strategies to mitigate potential risks associated with this issue
A stack-based buffer overflow was found in mtr, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200806-01 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: mtr: Stack-based buffer overflow Date: June 03, 2008 Bugs: #223017 ID: 200806-01

Synopsis ======= A stack-based buffer overflow was found in mtr, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= mtr combines the functionality of the 'traceroute' and 'ping' programs in a single network diagnostic tool.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/mtr < 0.73-r1 >= 0.73-r1
========== Adam Zabrocki reported a boundary error within the split_redraw() function in the file split.c, possibly leading to a stack-based buffer over...

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