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Dillo "a_Capi_ccc()" Format String Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA13760
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Release Date:
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2005-01-10
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Popularity:
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7,804 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Dillo 0.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-0012
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Description:
Tavis Ormandy has reported a vulnerability in Dillo, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error in the "a_Capi_ccc()" function in "capi.c". This may be exploited by a malicious web site to execute arbitrary code using some specially crafted HTML code.
Solution:
The vulnerability has been fixed in the CVS repository.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Tavis Ormandy
Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-11.xml
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