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Fedora update for ed
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA32460
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Release Date:
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2008-10-30
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Popularity:
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683 views
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Critical:
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Not 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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| OS: | Fedora 8
Fedora 9
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-3916
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Description:
Fedora has issued an update for ed. This fixes a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The security issue is caused due to an error within the "strip_escapes()" function in signal.c when processing overly long filenames. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow by passing a specially crafted filename to the application.
Solution:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update ed").
Original Advisory:
FEDORA-2008-9236:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedor...e-announce/2008-October/msg00847.html
FEDORA-2008-9263:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedor...e-announce/2008-October/msg00873.html
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