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>> Mandriva Security Update Fixes GNU gv "ps_gettext()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Title : Mandriva Security Update Fixes GNU gv "ps_gettext()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-4587
CVE ID : CVE-2006-5864
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-11-20


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Mandriva has released updated packages to address a vulnerability identified in GNU gv. This flaw could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2006-4424

Affected Products

Mandriva Linux 2006.0
Mandriva Linux 2007.0
Mandriva Corporate 3.0
Mandriva Corporate 4.0

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages :

Mandriva Linux 2006.0:
7226199941b3c2bae9d572fa18287cec 2006.0/i586/gv-3.6.1-4.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm
cf07ebfa4c2b7b71a12e001ba72074cf 2006.0/SRPMS/gv-3.6.1-4.3.20060mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2006.0/X86_64:
2b6d68c47a6774c8b27ad8263ff89f96 2006.0/x86_64/gv-3.6.1-4.3.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
cf07ebfa4c2b7b71a12e001ba72074cf 2006.0/SRPMS/gv-3.6.1-4.3.20060mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.0:
63a4fc9774e298c2c6904ffcce648216 2007.0/i586/gv-3.6.1-7.2mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
17718d7117787714553282997268e4d6 2007.0/SRPMS/gv-3.6.1-7.2mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.0/X86_64:
c8c9f156f94c083597a18476760df046 2007.0/x86_64/gv-3.6.1-7.2mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
17718d7117787714553282997268e4d6 2007.0/SRPMS/gv-3.6.1-7.2mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Corporate 3.0:
7c282139a275fa0886e284649fe84549 corporate/3.0/i586/gv-3.5.8-31.2.C30mdk.i586.rpm
ac4f70a00ad3a619a3be53d8f83b3325 corporate/3.0/SRPMS/gv-3.5.8-31.2.C30mdk.src.rpm

Corporate 3.0/X86_64:
0844488c9a53873554e7d092ec372889 corporate/3.0/x86_64/gv-3.5.8-31.2.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
ac4f70a00ad3a619a3be53d8f83b3325 corporate/3.0/SRPMS/gv-3.5.8-31.2.C30mdk.src.rpm

Corporate 4.0:
09d1689d5390bf63c927b3cce7d5ffa6 corporate/4.0/i586/gv-3.6.1-4.3.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm
c5784a887c2c4bce4db77939e2625a01 corporate/4.0/SRPMS/gv-3.6.1-4.3.20060mlcs4.src.rpm

Corporate 4.0/X86_64:
0ee8389a3bdcddc68f8814e36924ee09 corporate/4.0/x86_64/gv-3.6.1-4.3.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm
c5784a887c2c4bce4db77939e2625a01 corporate/4.0/SRPMS/gv-3.6.1-4.3.20060mlcs4.src.rpm

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4587
http://archives.mandrivalinux.com/security-announce/2006-11/msg00026.php

ChangeLog

2006-11-20 : Initial release
2006-12-04 : Updated Solution

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