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link-grammar: stack-based buffer overflow

Package(s):link-grammar CVE #(s):CVE-2007-5395
Created:November 13, 2007 Updated:December 17, 2007
Description: Stack-based buffer overflow in the separate_word function in tokenize.c in Link Grammar 4.1b and possibly other versions, as used in AbiWord Link Grammar 4.2.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long word, as reachable through the separate_sentence function.
Alerts:
Debian DSA-1432-1 2007-12-16
Ubuntu USN-545-1 2007-11-26
Fedora FEDORA-2007-3339 2007-11-15
Gentoo 200711-27 2007-11-18
Fedora FEDORA-2007-3235 2007-11-13
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