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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200407-11 (app-text/wv)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Gentoo Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

10.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200407-11.

Insight

Insight

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the wv library that can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the vulnerable application.

Solution

Solution

All users should upgrade to the latest available version. # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=app-text/wv-1.0.0-r1' # emerge '>=app-text/wv-1.0.0-r1' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200407-11 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56595 http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=115&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true

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