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libgtop2: buffer overflow

Package(s):libgtop2 CVE #(s):CVE-2007-0235
Created:January 15, 2007 Updated:August 9, 2007
Description: The /proc parsing routines in libgtop are vulnerable to a buffer overflow. If an attacker can run a process in a specially crafted long path then trick a user into running gnome-system-monitor, arbitrary code can be executed with the user's privileges.
Alerts:
Fedora FEDORA-2007-657 2007-08-02
Red Hat RHSA-2007:0765-01 2007-08-07
Debian DSA-1255-1 2007-01-31
rPath rPSA-2007-0014-1 2007-01-23
Gentoo 200701-17 2007-01-23
Mandriva MDKSA-2007:023 2007-01-18
Ubuntu USN-407-1 2007-01-15
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