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glibc - buffer overflow

Package(s):glibc CVE #(s):CAN-2003-0689
Created:October 15, 2003 Updated:November 25, 2003
Description: The GNU C library contains a buffer overflow in the getgrouplist() function. If the user belongs to more groups than the calling application expects, the allocated storage will be overrun.
Alerts:
Gentoo 200311-05 2003-11-22
Mandrake MDKSA-2003:107 2003-11-18
Trustix 2003-0039 2003-11-15
Red Hat RHSA-2003:325-01 2003-11-12
Conectiva CLA-2003:762 2003-10-14
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