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Gentoo: GLSA-200907-08 Normal: libX11 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey July 12, 2009
Scroller Gentoo
ModPlug has vulnerabilities due to buffer overflow risks, enabling arbitrary code execution. Please update to the latest version to address this security concern on Gentoo platforms.
ModPlug contains several buffer overflows that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200907-07 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: ModPlug: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code Date: July 12, 2009 Bugs: #266913 ID: 200907-07

Synopsis ======= ModPlug contains several buffer overflows that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= ModPlug is a library for playing MOD-like music.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected -------------------------...

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