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Compress::Raw::Bzip2: buffer overflow

Package(s):Compress::Raw::Bzip2 CVE #(s):CVE-2009-1884
Created:August 19, 2009 Updated:August 24, 2009
Description: The Perl Compress::Raw::Bzip2 library (prior to version 2.020) suffers from a buffer overflow which could possibly be exploited to execute arbitrary code.
Alerts:
Fedora FEDORA-2009-8868 2009-08-22
Fedora FEDORA-2009-8888 2009-08-22
Mandriva MDVSA-2009:207 2009-08-19
Gentoo 200908-07 2009-08-18
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