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orville-write: buffer overflows

Package(s):

orville-write

CVE #(s):

CAN-2003-0441

Created:

June 19, 2003

Updated:

June 24, 2003

Description:

Orville Write, a replacement for the standard write(1) command, contains a number of buffer overflows. These could be exploited to gain either gid tty or root privileges, depending on the configuration selected when the package is installed.

Alerts:

Debian

DSA-326-1

2003-06-19

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