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wordnet: stack and heap overflows

Package(s):wordnet CVE #(s):CVE-2008-2149
Created:September 2, 2008 Updated:October 7, 2008
Description: From the Debian alert: Rob Holland discovered several programming errors in WordNet, an electronic lexical database of the English language. These flaws could allow arbitrary code execution when used with untrusted input, for example when WordNet is in use as a back end for a web application.
Alerts:
Gentoo 200810-01 2008-10-07
Debian DSA-1634-2 2008-09-20
Mandriva MDVSA-2008:182-1 2008-09-15
Mandriva MDVSA-2008:182 2008-09-02
Debian DSA-1634-1 2008-09-01
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