Advisory: Gentoo Essential and Critical Security Patch Updates - Page 191

Gentoo: 200212-9 Critical: KDE Remote Command Exec Issue

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In some instances KDE fails to properly quote parameters of instructions passed to a command shell for execution.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 22, 2002

Gentoo: 202305-12 Critical Alert: Curl Path Disclosure Vulnerability

A malicious server could potentially overwrite key files to cause a denial of service or, in some cases, gain privileges by modifying executable files.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 20, 2002

Gentoo: 200212-8 Critical Advisory on Canna Heap Overflow Remote Exploit

A heap overflow vulnerability was discovered in the irw_through function in canna server version 3.6 and earlier.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 20, 2002

Gentoo: 200212-6 Moderate: Local Exploit in Perl Safe Compartment

A security hole has been discovered in Safe.pm. When a Safe compartment has already been used, there's no guarantee that it's safe any longer, because there's a way for code executed within the Safe compartment to alter its operation mask.