Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 10:06:44 +0100
From: Daniel Ahlberg <aliz@gentoo.org>
To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com
Subject: GLSA: http-fetcher
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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200301-6
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PACKAGE : http-fetcher
SUMMARY═: buffer overflow
DATE ══ : 2003-01-07 09:01 UTC
EXPLOIT : remote
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- From advisory:
"HTTP Fetcher library is exposed to very fatal buffer overflow.
And, It influences in other several programs."
Read the full advisory at
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=104187658217144&w=2
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
net-www/http-fetcher-1.0.1 or earlier update their systems as
follows:
emerge rsync
emerge http-fetcher
emerge clean
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