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Gentoo update for pan
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31315
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Release Date:
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2008-08-01
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Popularity:
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1,781 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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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| OS: | Gentoo Linux 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-2363
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Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for pan. This fixes a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the PartsBatch class when processing certain NZB files. This may be exploited to cause a buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code by e.g. tricking a user into opening a specially crafted NZB file.
Solution:
Update to "net-nntp/pan-0.132-r3" or later.
Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-15.xml
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