Gentoo alert 200307-01 (mikmod)

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Daniel Ahlberg <aliz@gentoo.org>
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gentoo-announce@gentoo.org
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GLSA:  mikmod (200307-01)
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Wed, 2 Jul 2003 23:27:42 +0200

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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200307-01
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          PACKAGE : mikmod
          SUMMARY : buffer overflow
             DATE : 2003-07-02 21:27 UTC
          EXPLOIT : local
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <mikmod-3.1.6a
    FIXED VERSION : >=mikmod-3.1.6a
              CVE : CAN-2003-0427

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quote from cve:
"Buffer overflow in mikmod 3.1.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to 
execute arbitrary code via an archive file that contains a file with a 
long filename."

SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
media-sound/mikmod upgrade to mikmod-3.1.6a as follows

emerge sync
emerge mikmod
emerge clean

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