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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 200510-15

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200510-15 – When accessing a NNTP URL, Lynx connects to a NNTP server and retrieves information about the available articles in the target newsgroup. Ulf Harnhammar discovered a buffer overflow in a function that handles the escaping of special characters. Versions less than 2.8.5-r1 are affected.

 

You can download this advisory from the following link: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/40771/glsa-200510-15.txt

Source: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/40771/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-200510-15.html

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