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ERRATA: [ GLSA 200406-14 ] aspell: Buffer overflow in word-list-compress


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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 12:56:00 +0000
From: Kurt Lieber <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: ERRATA: [ GLSA 200406-14 ] aspell: Buffer overflow in word-list-compress
Cc: [email protected], [email protected],
 [email protected]


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  Severity: Normal
     Title: aspell: Buffer overflow in word-list-compress
      Date: August 23, 2004
      Bugs: #53389
        ID: 200406-14:02

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Errata
======

The previous security patch intended to fix this vulnerability was apparently
incorrect in that it counted the words rather than characters. This revision
fixes that. This was brought to our attention by by Ludwig Nussel
<[email protected]>


Affected packages
=================

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     Package          /   Vulnerable   /                    Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  app-text/aspell     <= 0.50.5-r3                     >= 0.50.5-r4


Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-14.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
=======

Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0

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