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Gkrellmd Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

GKrellMd has been reported prone to a remote buffer overflow vulnerability, arbitrary code execution is possible.

The issue presents itself due to a lack of sufficient bounds checking performed on network-based data. If data exceeding the maximum reserved memory buffer size is received arbitrary memory may be corrupted.

A remote attacker may ultimately exploit this issue remotely to seize control of the affected daemon and execute arbitrary code.

This vulnerability has been reported to affect Gkrellm 2.1.13.







 

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