Gentoo GLSA 200806-01 High: Mtr Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Threat
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June 3, 2008
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
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A stack-based buffer overflow was found in mtr, possibly resulting in
the execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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mtr combines the functionality of the 'traceroute' and 'ping' programs
in a single network diagnostic tool.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-analyzer/mtr < 0.73-r1 >= 0.73-r1
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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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