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Gentoo Linux: GLSA 200807-15 Normal: Pan Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey July 31, 2008
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
A user-triggered code execution vulnerability in Gentoo's Pan may facilitate remote attacks. Immediate updates are advised.
A buffer overflow vulnerability in Pan may allow remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200807-15 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Pan: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code Date: July 31, 2008 Bugs: #224051 ID: 200807-15

Synopsis ======= A buffer overflow vulnerability in Pan may allow remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Background ========= Pan is a newsreader for the GNOME desktop.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-nntp/pan < 0.132-r3 >= 0.132-r3 *>= 0.14.2.91-r2 == 0.14.2
========== Pavel Polischouk reported a boundar...

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