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List:       gentoo-announce
Subject:    GLSA:  apcupsd (200302-13)
From:       Daniel Ahlberg <aliz () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2003-02-24 10:05:50
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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200302-13
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          PACKAGE : apcupsd
          SUMMARY : remote root vulnerability and buffer overflows
             DATE : 2003-02-24 10:05 UTC
          EXPLOIT : remote
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <3.10.5
    FIXED VERSION : 3.10.5

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- From Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory MDKSA-2003:018:

"A remote root vulnerability in slave setups and some buffer overflows  
in the network information server code were discovered by the apcupsd  
developers."

Read the full advisory at:
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2003:018

SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
sys-apps/apcupsd upgrade to apcupsd-3.10.5 as follows:

emerge sync
emerge -u apcupsd
emerge clean

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