GLSA: http-fetcher

From: Daniel Ahlberg (alizat_private)
Date: Tue Jan 07 2003 - 01:06:44 PST

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    GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200301-6
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    PACKAGE : http-fetcher
    SUMMARY : buffer overflow
    DATE    : 2003-01-07 09:01 UTC
    EXPLOIT : remote
    
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    - From advisory:
    "HTTP Fetcher library is exposed to very fatal buffer overflow.
    And, It influences in other several programs."
    
    Read the full advisory at
    http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=104187658217144&w=2
    
    SOLUTION
    
    It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
    net-www/http-fetcher-1.0.1 or earlier update their systems as 
    follows:
    
    emerge rsync
    emerge http-fetcher
    emerge clean
    
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