-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200211-005 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : php & mod_php SUMMARY : buffer overflow DATE : 2002-11-20 13:11 UTC EXPLOIT : local & remote - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- - From advisory: Two vulnerabilities exists in mail() PHP function. The first one allows to execute any program/script bypassing safe_mode restriction, the second one may give an open-relay script if mail() function is not carefully used in PHP scripts. Read the full advisory at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=103011916928204&w=2 SOLUTION It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running dev-php/php-4.2.2-r1 and/or dev-php/mod_php-4.2.2-r1 and earlier update their systems as follows: emerge rsync emerge php and/or emerge mod_php emerge clean - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- alizat_private - GnuPG key is available at www.gentoo.org/~aliz rphillipsat_private - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE924srfT7nyhUpoZMRAj4XAJ9YugJ+Gvb0+dQbmUJIFPbJJMFEgACgtPNQ OXAlpSYMVp0CcExWEK2ZQlI= =kuEw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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