Gentoo alert 200306-07 (kon2)

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Daniel Ahlberg <aliz@gentoo.org>
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gentoo-announce@gentoo.org
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GLSA:  kon2 (200306-07)
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Sat, 14 Jun 2003 18:41:00 +0200

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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200306-07
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          PACKAGE : kon2
          SUMMARY : buffer overflow
             DATE : 2003-06-14 16:40 UTC
          EXPLOIT : local
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <kon2-0.3.9b-r1
    FIXED VERSION : >=kon2-0.3.9b-r1
              CVE : CAN-2002-1155

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Buffer overflow in kon2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code 
via a long -Coding command line argument.

SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
app-i18n/kon2 upgrade to kon2-0.3.9b-r1 as follows

emerge sync
emerge kon2
emerge clean

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