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rxvt-unicode: buffer overflow

Package(s):

rxvt-unicode

CVE #(s):

CAN-2005-0764

Created:

March 21, 2005

Updated:

March 22, 2005

Description:

Rob Holland of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered that rxvt-unicode fails to properly check input length. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running rxvt-unicode.

Alerts:

Gentoo

200503-23

2005-03-20

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