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Gentoo: mikmod arbitrary code execution vulnerability |
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Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
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Buffer overflow in mikmod 3.1.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an archive file that contains a file with a long filename.
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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200307-01
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PACKAGE : mikmod
SUMMARY : buffer overflow
DATE : 2003-07-02 21:27 UTC
EXPLOIT : local
VERSIONS AFFECTED : =mikmod-3.1.6a
CVE : CAN-2003-0427
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quote from cve:
"Buffer overflow in mikmod 3.1.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to
execute arbitrary code via an archive file that contains a file with a
long filename."
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
media-sound/mikmod upgrade to mikmod-3.1.6a as follows
emerge sync
emerge mikmod
emerge clean
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aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at http://cvs.gentoo.org/~aliz
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