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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200501-10 (vilistextum)
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 200501-10.
Insight
Insight
Vilistextum is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code through the use of a malicious webpage.
Solution
Solution
All Vilistextum users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/vilistextum-2.6.7' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200501-10 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74694 http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/vilistextum.txt