Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:49:41 +0200
From: Daniel Ahlberg <aliz@gentoo.org>
To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com
Subject: GLSA: monkeyd (200304-07.1)
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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200304-07.1
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PACKAGE : monkeyd
SUMMARY : buffer overflow
DATE : 2003-04-28 08:49 UTC
EXPLOIT : remote
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <monkeyd-0.6.2
FIXED VERSION : >=monkeyd-0.6.2
CVE :
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Previous issue contained some errors.
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"A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Monkey's handling of forms
submitted with the POST request method. The unchecked buffer lies in the
PostMethod() procedure."
Read the full advisory at:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=105094204204166&w=2
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
net-www/monkeyd upgrade to monkeyd-0.6.3 as follows:
emerge sync
emerge monkeyd
emerge clean
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aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at http://cvs.gentoo.org/~aliz
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