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Gentoo: GLSA-200909-03 Normal: Apache Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey September 9, 2009
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The Gentoo GLSA 202310-05 highlights buffer vulnerabilities in OpenSSL, potentially enabling unauthorized access to sensitive information.
Multiple integer overflows in the Apache Portable Runtime and its Utility Library might allow for the remote execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200909-03 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Apache Portable Runtime, APR Utility Library: Execution of arbitrary code Date: September 09, 2009 Bugs: #280514 ID: 200909-03

Synopsis ======= Multiple integer overflows in the Apache Portable Runtime and its Utility Library might allow for the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= The Apache Portable Runtime (aka APR) provides a set of APIs for creating platform-independent applications. The Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library (aka APR-Util) provides an interface to functionality such as XML parsing, string matching and databases connections.
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