FrSIRT - Gentoo Security Update Fixes Centericq LiveJournal Module Buffer Overflow Issue / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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Gentoo Security Update Fixes Centericq LiveJournal Module Buffer Overflow Issue

Title : Gentoo Security Update Fixes Centericq LiveJournal Module Buffer Overflow Issue
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2007-0306
CVE ID : CVE-2007-0160
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-01-24

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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.

ChangeLog

2007-01-24 : Initial release

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