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Gentoo: GLSA-200809-15 Normal: GNU Ed Buffer Overflow Risk

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Calendar Grey September 23, 2008
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory alerts about a potential buffer overflow vulnerability in GNU ed, which could allow for remote code execution. Immediate upgrade is recommended.
A buffer overflow vulnerability in ed may allow for the remote execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200809-15 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: GNU ed: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code Date: September 23, 2008 Bugs: #236521 ID: 200809-15

Synopsis ======= A buffer overflow vulnerability in ed may allow for the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= GNU ed is a basic line editor. red is a restricted version of ed that does not allow shell command execution.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sys-apps/ed < 1.0 >= 1.0
========== Alfredo Ortega from Core Security Technologies reported a heap-based buffer overflow in the strip_escapes(...

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