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LinuxNode Format String and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA9632
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Release Date:
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2003-08-29
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Popularity:
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7,020 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: | LinuxNode 0.x
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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been identified in LinuxNode, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to a boundary error in the "expand_string()" function as well as some format string errors. These can be exploted to execute arbitrary code on an affected system.
Solution:
Update to version 0.3.2:
http://hes.iki.fi/pub/ham/unix/linux/ax25/
Provided and/or discovered by:
Morgan alias SM6TKY
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