Gentoo: 'atari800' buffer overflow
atari800 contains a buffer overflow which could be used by an attackerto gain root privileges.
Summary
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atar800 contains a buffer overflow which could be used by an attacker to gain root privileges. Altough the atari800 package in Gentoo does not install any files suid root we encourage our users to upgrade.
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running app-emulation/atari800 upgrade to atari800-1.3.0-r1 as follows:
emerge sync emerge atari800 emerge clean
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PACKAGE : atari800
SUMMARY : buffer overflow
DATE : 2003-09-02 14:03 UTC
EXPLOIT : local
VERSIONS AFFECTED : =atari800-1.3.0-r1
CVE : CAN-2003-0630
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