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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 200505-15

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200505-15 – Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered an integer overflow in the BFD library, resulting in a heap overflow. A review also showed that by default, gdb insecurely sources initialisation files from the working directory. Versions less than 6.3-r3 are affected.

 

You can download this advisory from the following link: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/38422/glsa-200505-15.txt

Source: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/38422/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-200505-15.html

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