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There seems to be some confusion regarding our recent gv buffer overflow GLSA. This GLSA came on the heels of the following fake advisory, which also reported a buffer overflow in gv[1]. That advisory contained alleged exploit code that, in fact, contained a local DoS exploit.
The gv vulnerability reported and patched in GLSA 200408-10 is not the same as this fictitious vulnerability. The vulnerability patched is the same referred to in the CVE reference[2] included in the GLSA, a real two-year old vulnerability in gv.
Please do not run the alleged exploit code listed in the fictigious gv advisory, as it is a local DoS exploit. However, all information contained in the GLSA is correct, and all Gentoo users should still upgrade their gv installations to the latest available version.
This e-mail is merely meant to clarify some confusion that may have resulted from bad information in the relevant Gentoo bug[3] and comments on various security mailing lists. The information contained within the GLSA is still valid, and therefore no official errata will be issued.
For more information on Gentoo security policies, please see Gentoo's Vulnerability Policy[4].
[1] http://www.osvdb.org/displayvuln.php?osvdb_id=8399 [2] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-0838 [3] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59385 [4] http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/vulnerability-policy.xml - -- Dan Margolis ("KrispyKringle") Gentoo Linux Security Coordinator -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin)
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