Gentoo Linux Audit GLSA 200807-14 Normal: Buffer Overflow Risk
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July 31, 2008
A buffer overflow vulnerability in Linux Audit may allow local attackers to execute arbitrary code.
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200807-14 ~ https://security.gentoo.org/
~ Severity: Normal ~ Title: Linux Audit: Buffer overflow ~ Date: July 31, 2008 ~ Bugs: #215705 ~ ID: 200807-14
Synopsis ======= A buffer overflow vulnerability in Linux Audit may allow local attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Background ========= Linux Audit is a set of userspace utilities for storing and processing auditing records.
Affected packages ================ ~ ------------------------------------------------------------------- ~ Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ~ ------------------------------------------------------------------- ~ 1 sys-process/audit < 1.7.3 >= 1.7.3
========== A stack-based buffer overflow has been reported in the audit_log_user_command() function in the fil...Read the Full Advisory
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