Title : Gentoo Security Update Fixes Centericq LiveJournal Module Buffer Overflow Issue VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-0306 CVE ID : CVE-2007-0160
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-01-24
Technical Description
Gentoo has released security updates to address a vulnerability identified in Centericq. This issue is due to a buffer overflow error in the "hooks/ljhook.cc" file that does not properly handle certain communications with the LiveJournal service, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
