Date:         Wed, 9 May 2007 15:15:09 -0500
Reply-To:     Connie Sieh 
Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux
              
From:         Connie Sieh 
Subject:      Security ERRATA for SL4 w3c-libwww i386/x86_64
Comments: To: scientific 

Synopsis:          Low: w3c-libwww security and bug fix update
Issue date:        2007-05-01
CVE Names:         CVE-2005-3183

Several buffer overflow flaws in w3c-libwww were found. If a client
application that uses w3c-libwww connected to a malicious HTTP server, it
could trigger an out of bounds memory access, causing the client
application to crash (CVE-2005-3183).

SRPMS:
 	w3c-libwww-5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2.src.rpm

i386:
 	w3c-libwww-5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2.i386.rpm
 	w3c-libwww-apps-5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2.i386.rpm
 	w3c-libwww-devel-5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2.i386.rpm

x86_64:
 	w3c-libwww-5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2.i386.rpm
 	w3c-libwww-5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2.x86_64.rpm
 	w3c-libwww-apps-5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2.x86_64.rpm
 	w3c-libwww-devel-5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

SciLinux: CVE-2005-3183 SL4 w3c-libwww i386/x86_64

Low: w3c-libwww security and bug fix update

Summary

Date:         Wed, 9 May 2007 15:15:09 -0500Reply-To:     Connie Sieh Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux              From:         Connie Sieh Subject:      Security ERRATA for SL4 w3c-libwww i386/x86_64Comments: To: scientific Synopsis:          Low: w3c-libwww security and bug fix updateIssue date:        2007-05-01CVE Names:         CVE-2005-3183Several buffer overflow flaws in w3c-libwww were found. If a clientapplication that uses w3c-libwww connected to a malicious HTTP server, itcould trigger an out of bounds memory access, causing the clientapplication to crash (CVE-2005-3183).SRPMS: 	w3c-libwww-5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2.src.rpmi386: 	w3c-libwww-5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2.i386.rpm 	w3c-libwww-apps-5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2.i386.rpm 	w3c-libwww-devel-5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2.i386.rpmx86_64: 	w3c-libwww-5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2.i386.rpm 	w3c-libwww-5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2.x86_64.rpm 	w3c-libwww-apps-5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2.x86_64.rpm 	w3c-libwww-devel-5.4.0-10.1.RHEL4.2.x86_64.rpm-Connie Sieh-Troy Dawson



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