Gentoo: setiathome buffer overflow vulnerability
There is a buffer overflow in the server responds handler of seti at home.
Summary
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- From advisory:
"There is a buffer overflow in the server responds handler. Sending an overly large string followed by a newline ('\n') character to the client will trigger this overflow. This has been tested with various versions of the client. All versions are presumed to have this flaw in some form."
Read the full advisory at:
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running app-sci/setiathome upgrade to setiathome-3.08 as follows:
emerge sync emerge setiathome emerge clean
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3.08
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PACKAGE : setiathome
SUMMARY : buffer overflow
DATE : 2003-04-09 10:57 UTC
EXPLOIT : remote
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <3.08 : fixed version>=3.08
CVE :
Background
