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pan: execution of arbitrary code

Package(s):pan CVE #(s):CVE-2008-2363
Created:August 1, 2008 Updated:September 23, 2008
Description: From the Gentoo advisory: Pavel Polischouk reported a boundary error in the PartsBatch class when processing .nzb files. A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted .nzb file, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
Alerts:
Gentoo 200807-15 2008-07-31
Mandriva MDVSA-2008:201 2008-09-22
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