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GCVE-110-MAGEIA-2014-188

GCVE-110-MAGEIA-2014-188
Advisory Published
Vulnetix · Advisory published April 23, 2014
A stack-based buffer overflow was found in systemd-ask-password, a utility used to query a system password or passphrase from the user, using a question message specified on the command line. A local user could this flaw to crash the binary or even execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the program. The systemd packages shipped with Mageia 3 and 4 have been updated to address this vulnerability. Additionally, the Mageia 4 packages include various other general stability and performance fixed deemed appropriate for the stable updates.

Affected Products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Mageiasystemd195-22.2.mga3 (unaffected), 0 (affected), 0 (affected), 195-22.2.mga3 (unaffected)
Mageiaoxygen-gtk1.4.2-0.rc1.1.1.mga4 (unaffected), 0 (affected)
Mageiasystemd0 (affected), 208-10.5.mga4 (unaffected), 0 (affected), 208-10.5.mga4 (unaffected)

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