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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:58:19 -0500
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Synopsis:	Moderate: ed security update
Issue date:	2008-10-21
CVE Names:	CVE-2008-3916

A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the way ed, the GNU line
editor, processed long file names. An attacker could create a file with 
a specially-crafted name that could possibly execute an arbitrary code 
when opened in the ed editor. (CVE-2008-3916)

SL 3.0.x

      SRPMS:
ed-0.2-33.30E.1.src.rpm
      i386:
ed-0.2-33.30E.1.i386.rpm
      x86_64:
ed-0.2-33.30E.1.x86_64.rpm

SL 4.x

      SRPMS:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.src.rpm
      i386:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.i386.rpm
      x86_64:
ed-0.2-36.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

      SRPMS:
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.src.rpm
      i386:
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.i386.rpm
      x86_64:
ed-0.2-39.el5_2.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

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